TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief Report
T2 - Gender-Based Stereotypical Roles of Parents Caring for Autistic Children in Nigeria and South Africa
AU - Kehinde, Olumuyiwa Adekunle
AU - Lindly, Olivia J.
AU - Ntombela, Berrington
AU - Hermann, Caroll
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - In Nigeria and South Africa, women often have less voice and are less visible given cultural norms and related gender stereotypes. It is important to understand parents’ gender roles in the context of caregiving for children with autism spectrum disorder because inequality in caregiving roles may influence the health of children with autism and that of their parents. We explored the lived caregiving experiences of male and female parents with autistic children in Nigeria (n = 15) and South Africa (n = 10) using structured and unstructured questionnaire. Results showed that women often experienced stress in relationship to multiple and substantial caregiving roles while men commonly limited their caregiving roles based on a patriarchal ideology related to their culture.
AB - In Nigeria and South Africa, women often have less voice and are less visible given cultural norms and related gender stereotypes. It is important to understand parents’ gender roles in the context of caregiving for children with autism spectrum disorder because inequality in caregiving roles may influence the health of children with autism and that of their parents. We explored the lived caregiving experiences of male and female parents with autistic children in Nigeria (n = 15) and South Africa (n = 10) using structured and unstructured questionnaire. Results showed that women often experienced stress in relationship to multiple and substantial caregiving roles while men commonly limited their caregiving roles based on a patriarchal ideology related to their culture.
KW - Africa
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Caregiving
KW - Gender stereotypes
KW - Parents of children with autism
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-022-05582-3
DO - 10.1007/s10803-022-05582-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 35581506
AN - SCOPUS:85130306322
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 53
SP - 4917
EP - 4928
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 12
ER -