Parenting Behavior in Mothers of Preschool Children with ASD: Development of a Self-Report Questionnaire

Table 2

Group differences in parenting behavior between the ASD and control group.

	Control	ASD	MANCOVA: ASD versus control
	(); M (SD)	(); M (SD)
General parenting behavior
Positive Parenting	4.02 (.40)	3.86 (.41)	3.55	.062	—
Autonomy Support	4.23 (.38)	4.00 (.40)	2.38	.126	—
Rules and Structure	4.41 (.49)	4.29 (.58)	0.03	.864	—
Discipline	3.26 (.42)	2.93 (.51)	13.22	<.001
Rewarding	4.61 (.41)	4.71 (.40)	1.29	.259	—
Indulging	2.19 (.56)	2.61 (.66)	2.31	.132	—
Supervision and Safety	4.22 (.38)	4.24 (.46)	0.16	.695	—
ASD-adapted parenting behavior
Stimulating the Development	3.96 (.38)	3.63 (.55)	5.11	.026
Adapting the Environment	3.68 (.37)	3.73 (.49)	0.18	.672	—

Medium effect size; small effect size.