Parenting Stress among Malaysian Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
| Autor: | Fairuz Nazri Abdul Rahman, Jun Xin Lee, Si Ong, VY Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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05 social sciences
Parenting stress Cognition medicine.disease behavioral disciplines and activities Mental health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Autism spectrum disorder 030225 pediatrics Intervention (counseling) mental disorders medicine Autism 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Core symptoms Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Medicine & Health. 12:42-55 |
| ISSN: | 2289-5728 |
| DOI: | 10.17576/mh.2017.1201.06 |
| Popis: | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental childhood disorder associated with cognitive and language impairments. Previous research found that children with developmental disorders increase parenting stress but parents of children with ASD, specifically have recorded higher parenting stress than any other developmental disabilities. Hence, this study investigates the difference in parenting stress levels among parents of children with ASD compared to a typical development (TD) control group. Parenting Stress Index, 3rd Edition Short Form was used to assess the parenting stress levels of 30 parents of children with ASD and 36 parents of TD children. Parents of children with ASD were sampled at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Tangkak Hospital and National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM) in Muar and Segamat. Parents of children with ASD recorded significantly higher levels of parenting stress compared to the TD group (p |
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