Stress in Parents of Children with Autism: A Malaysian Experience
This study examines differences in parental stress between parentsof Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children (n=21) and Typically Developed(TD) children (n=41) in Malaysia. This study also compares the ages of parentsof ASD children with parents of TD children with stress as a variable in theseparen...
| Published in: | Intellectual discourse |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Intellectual discourse
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| Summary: | This study examines differences in parental stress between parentsof Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children (n=21) and Typically Developed(TD) children (n=41) in Malaysia. This study also compares the ages of parentsof ASD children with parents of TD children with stress as a variable in theseparents. Parents completed the Parental Stress Index (brief Malay version) anda socio-demographic questionnaire. Parents with ASD children were found tobe significantly more stressed compared to parents of TD children (p<0.001).Significant scores were also found in the Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction(P-CDI) sub-scale (p<0.001) as well as Difficult Child (DC) and ParentalDistress (PD) sub-scales with lower significance (p<0.05). Results also indicatethat the 30-35-year-old age group among ASD parents was significantly foundto be more stressed compared with parents of TD children of the same ages.Implications of the findings regarding support and intervention for familieswith ASD are also discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 2289-5639 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Intellectual discourse
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