Mediating Effect of Social Support on Stress among Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability Pandey Deepak1, Dubey Pushkar2,* 1ICSSR-Post Doctoral Fellow, Pt. Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India 2Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Management, Pt. Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, C.G., India *Corresponding author: Dr. Pushkar Dubey Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Management, Pt. Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, C.G. India. E mail-drdubeypkag@gmail.com
Online published on 8 March, 2019. Abstract Parents of children with intellectual disability put more care and effort in raising their children. The perceived stress faced by this segment of parents is more than that of the parents with normal child. It is therefore essential for the caregivers to release their burden to perform normal care giving functions. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of socio-economic demographics and social support on the perceived stress of parents of children with intellectual disability. The study was conducted in Chhattisgarh state among 100 parents of children with intellectual disability. Perceived stress scale and Social support scale were the toolsused in the study for data collection. Purposive sampling technique was the method adopted in the study for the selection of samples in the study. Multiple hierarchal regression analysis was used to test the proposed model. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to further confirm the mediating effect of social support on income and stress. Result indicated that socio-demographic variables income, education and gender significantly contributed to the variation of stress and showed negative association with stress. However age did not contribute significantly in the variation of stress. Result of mediating effect of social support showed significant association between income and stress. Top Keywords Parents, Children with intellectual disability, Social support, Stress, Regression analysis. Top |