Parents of people with autism spectrum disorder experience both negative stressful and positive events. Several clinical and socio-demographic features of children on the autism spectrum have been associated with parenting stress in their families. However, there have been few studies that focus on adolescents and the role of cognitive impairment has rarely been addressed. The main aim of the present research is to explore associations between autism symptoms, cognitive impairment, emotional and behavioral problems, socio-demographic features, and maternal stress in a sample of young adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder with and without cognitive impairment. Cognitive impairment and emotional and behavioral problems are associated with maternal stress, while autism symptoms seem to play a minor role. Maternal education and occupation are only associated with maternal stress in the group with cognitive impairment, while maternal age is stress-associated in the group of adolescents without cognitive impairment. Age-related implications for intervention and future research directions are discussed.

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患有自闭症谱系障碍的青少年与母亲压力相关的临床和个体特征

自闭症谱系障碍患者的父母会经历消极压力和积极事件。自闭症谱系儿童的几个临床和社会人口学特征与其家庭的养育压力有关。然而，很少有研究关注青少年，也很少涉及认知障碍的作用。本研究的主要目的是在患有或不患有认知障碍的自闭症谱系障碍青少年样本中探索自闭症症状、认知障碍、情绪和行为问题、社会人口特征和母亲压力之间的关联。认知障碍以及情绪和行为问题与母亲的压力有关，而自闭症症状似乎起次要作用。在认知障碍组中，母亲教育和职业仅与母亲压力相关，而在无认知障碍青少年组中，母亲年龄与压力相关。讨论了与年龄相关的干预和未来研究方向的影响。