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Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience

This study examines differences in parental stress between parents of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children (n=21) and Typically Developed (TD) children (n=41) in Malaysia. This study also compares the ages of parents of ASD children with parents of TD children with stress as a variable in these p...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah, Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah
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Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
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BF636 Applied psychology
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spelling my.iium.irep.775022020-04-08T07:19:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77502/ Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah BF636 Applied psychology This study examines differences in parental stress between parents of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children (n=21) and Typically Developed (TD) children (n=41) in Malaysia. This study also compares the ages of parents of ASD children with parents of TD children with stress as a variable in these parents. Parents completed the Parental Stress Index (brief Malay version) and a socio-demographic questionnaire. Parents with ASD children were found to be significantly more stressed compared to parents of TD children (p<0.001). Significant scores were also found in the Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction (P-CDI) sub-scale (p<0.001) as well as Difficult Child (DC) and Parental Distress (PD) sub-scales with lower significance (p<0.05). Results also indicate that the 30-35-year-old age group among ASD parents was significantly found to be more stressed compared with parents of TD children of the same ages. Implications of the findings regarding support and intervention for families with ASD are also discussed. International Islamic University Malaysia 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77502/1/Stress%20in%20Parents%20of%20Children%20with%20Autism_%20A%20Malaysian%20Experience.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77502/7/77502_Stress%20in%20parents%20of%20children%20with%20autism_scopus.pdf Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah and Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah (2019) Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience. Intellectual Discourse, 27 (Special Issue 2019). pp. 923-943. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639 https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam
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topic BF636 Applied psychology
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Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah
Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah
Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience
description This study examines differences in parental stress between parents of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children (n=21) and Typically Developed (TD) children (n=41) in Malaysia. This study also compares the ages of parents of ASD children with parents of TD children with stress as a variable in these parents. Parents completed the Parental Stress Index (brief Malay version) and a socio-demographic questionnaire. Parents with ASD children were found to be significantly more stressed compared to parents of TD children (p<0.001). Significant scores were also found in the Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction (P-CDI) sub-scale (p<0.001) as well as Difficult Child (DC) and Parental Distress (PD) sub-scales with lower significance (p<0.05). Results also indicate that the 30-35-year-old age group among ASD parents was significantly found to be more stressed compared with parents of TD children of the same ages. Implications of the findings regarding support and intervention for families with ASD are also discussed.
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author Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah
Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah
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Nik Hashim, Nik Nur Wahidah
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title Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience
title_short Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience
title_full Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience
title_fullStr Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience
title_full_unstemmed Stress in parents of children with autism: A Malaysian experience
title_sort stress in parents of children with autism: a malaysian experience
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/77502/1/Stress%20in%20Parents%20of%20Children%20with%20Autism_%20A%20Malaysian%20Experience.pdf
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