International Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry
Year : 2015, Volume : 3, Issue : 1
First page : ( 1) Last page : ( 16)
Online ISSN : 2320-6233.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2320-6233.2015.00001.2

Parenting Stress and Maternal Psychological Statues in Mothers of Dual Diagnosis Children

Prof. Moustafa Deena

Assistant Professor, Special Education, Princess Nora Bint Abdurahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Online published on 9 April, 2015.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the sources of parenting stress in mothers of Dual Diagnosis children (n =60), and examine the relationship between parenting stress and maternal psychological status (depression and well-being), also examine if there is any difference between the previous variables in different disabilities associated with Autism. A descriptive correlational design was used. Data were collected via online questionnaires. Study finds that there was no significant relationship between Autism Parenting Stress Index (APSI) scores and types of disability which associated with Autism, although Mothers with deaf autistic reported more parenting stress; Similar findings were found regarding Depressive Symptoms, as there was no significant relationship between (CESD-R) scores and types of disability which associated with Autism, also study finds that there was a significant correlation of the (APSI) with the (CESD-R) Mothers with higher overall parenting stress reported more depressive symptoms. Likewise, there was also a significant correlation between the (APSI) and the (RPWB) Mothers reporting more parenting stress also reported lower levels of well-being.

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