The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between parental stress and parental depression symptoms. A total of 67 mothers took part in this study, of whom 39 mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 28 mothers of typically developing children. The self-reported measures of the Parental Stress Index III and the Questionnaire for Measuring Depression were used in this study. Mothers’ stress domain, but not children’ stress domain, was positively associated not only with mothers’ total symptoms of depression but also with its dimensions such as cognitive deficits and a lack of energy, thinking about dead, pessimism, and a feeling of alienation, anxiety and guilt symptoms, psychosomatic symptoms and a loss of interest, and lower self-regulation abilities in a group of mothers of children with ASD. There were not nearly any significant associations between mothers’ stress and mothers’ depression symptoms in a sample of mothers of typically developing children. The results have practical implications for mental health support providers.

该研究的目的是检查父母压力与父母抑郁症状之间的关系。共有 67 名母亲参加了这项研究，其中 39 名患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的母亲和 28 名发育正常儿童的母亲。本研究使用了父母压力指数 III 的自我报告测量和测量抑郁的问卷。母亲的压力领域，而不是孩子的压力领域，不仅与母亲的抑郁症总体症状呈正相关，而且与认知缺陷和缺乏活力、想死、悲观和疏离感等维度呈正相关，焦虑和内疚症状，心身症状和兴趣丧失，以及一组患有 ASD 孩子的母亲的自我调节能力降低。在典型发育儿童的母亲样本中，母亲的压力与母亲的抑郁症状之间几乎没有任何显着关联。结果对心理健康支持提供者具有实际意义。