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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Autism Research and Treatment Volume 2011, Article ID 395190, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2011/395190 Research Article Associations between Parental Anxiety/Depression and Child Behavior Problems Related to Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Roles of Parenting Stress and Parenting Self-Efficacy Debra L. Rezendes and Angela Scarpa Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0002, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Angela Scarpa, ascarpa@ Received 26 June 2011; Revised 25 September 2011; Accepted 10 October 2011 Academic Editor: Connie Kasari Copyright © 2011 D. L. Rezendes and A. Scarpa. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have been shown to experience increases in stress, depression, and anxiety, which are also associated with child behavior problems related to ASDs. Literature-examining potential mechanisms that underlie the relationship of child behavior problems and parental anxiety/depression in this population are scarce. The current study sought to examine the roles of parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy as mediators between child behavior problems and parental anxiety/depression. Using a sample of 134 mothers, these potential mediators were tested. Hypotheses were supported, indicating that parenting stress mediated the relationship between child behavior problems and decreased parenting self-efficacy, and decreased parenting self-efficacy in turn partially mediated the relationship between parenting stress