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Aim: Analyze the prevalence of domestic violence and depression and their association with coping behaviors in a group of parents of children with Downs Syndrome. Study Design: No experimental, descriptive - correlational. Sample: This study used a non probabilistic sample of 212 parents of children with Downs Syndrome, men and women, were the average age was 43.52 years old and most of them reported to be married (66%). The ave rageage of the Downs Syndrome children was 13.7 years old. Method s : The instrument applied was composed by three scales: the depression symptoms were evaluated using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES - D), an adapted version of the Coping Mechanisms Scale (EEC - M) for the measuring of coping strategies, and a domestic violence scale validated in Mexican population (Martinez Lanz, 2007) . Results: The largest percentage of parents reported low levels of depression symptoms and Original Research Article |
