Parental Retrospective Narratives on Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis

21 parents, 16 mothers and 5 fathers, participated in Reaction to Diagnosis Interviews exploring their autobiographical memories of receiving a child's ASD diagnosis within five years. Maria Luisa Martino authored this qualitative study, which was last updated on figshare in April 2026. The data comprises verbatim interview transcripts analyzed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing themes of suffering and struggling in parental narratives based on the described thematic analysis.
• Identifying patterns of resolution or non-resolution of diagnosis impact based on the two-level analysis approach.
• Exploring gender differences in care tasks, efforts, and coping strategies based on the results summary.
• Studying the role of supportive resources in parental adjustment based on the discussion.
• Investigating the ongoing process of meaning-making linked to a child's developmental path based on the discussion.

Strengths

• Includes verbatim transcripts of 21 parent interviews.
• Analyzes data using a two-level approach combining Reflexive Thematic Analysis and patterns of resolution.
• Focuses on a specific temporal context: parents who received the ASD diagnosis within five years.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is 18.0 KB, indicating a very limited scope likely containing only the document described.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Reaction to Diagnosis Interviews (RDI) administered to parents, audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 05:56:47; freshness should be verified.