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Stress Profile of Peruvian Parents Caring for Children with Autism.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bhagwanji, Yash Suarez-Sousa, Ximena |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | Research on stress involving parents ofchildren with autism from developing countries is seriously lacking. A search using ERIC and PSYCHLIT databases yielded only one peer,reviewed stress study that included parents of children with autism from a developing nation. In that study, Liwag (1992) studied the association between fam, ily demographics and stress experienced by 25 Filipino parents of children with autism. The characteristics of the child with autism and the permanence ofautism (Le., the prospect for the child not achieving normalcy) were described as producing the most stress in the parents from the Philippines. After conducting in,depth interviews with the parents, implications were drawn for strategies that may assist Filipino parents in coping with stress as, sociated with caring for children with autism. There were 14 other peer,reviewed published stud, ies about parenting children with autism and stress, all involving parents from developed western countries. The countries represented in these studies were Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United States. All but four of the studies drew implications for intervention, services, support, or resources for the parents. Based on the current status of research on the topic, three conclusions can be drawn for research that is needed. One, more studies that include parents of chil, dren with autism from other countries, especially devel, oping countries, are needed. Two, when enough studies have been conducted involving parents from a represen, tative range of countries, analyses are needed to draw parallels and contrasts about (a) the experiences of par, ents in caring for children with autism, and (b) what has been found helpful in reducing the stress of the parents. Three, experimental studies are needed to validate the effectiveness of the helpful approaches. This study responds to the first need identified above. The focus is on parents ofchildren with autism in Peru: a non,western, developing country in South America, and home country ofthe second author. Specifically, this study examined the stress profile of parents of children with autism and compared it to the stress profile ofparents of children without disabilities in Peru. Because no previ, ous data are available, the null hypothesis is that there is no difference between the two groups. ME1HOD |
| Starting Page | 19 |
| Ending Page | 29 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.fau.edu/education/faculty/bhagwanji/documents/bhagwanji_stress_profile_families_autism.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
