Hope and its Relationship to Parental Stress as Perceived by Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Mental Health - College of Education Benha University - Egypt

2 Department of Special Education - College of Education Jazan University - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

 The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between hope and parental stress as perceived by mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder in the light of some variables (the severity of autistic spectrum disorder in children - mother's education level - mother's work). The two researchers used the descriptive correlative method to collect data, and the research group in its final form consisted of 78 mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder from Qalyubia Governorate.The two research tools were : the hope scale and the Perceived Parental Stress Scale (prepared by the present researchers).To test the validity of the research hypotheses, descriptive and analytical statistics methods were used, using the statistical program (SPSS),Scheffe's post-test,stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results revealed  statistically significant negative correlation between mothers’ scores on the scale of hope and their scores on the “perceived parenting stress” scale, and statistically significant differences between the mean scores of mothers on the scale of hope according to the following variables: (severity of autism disorder, mother’s education level, mother work) in favour of the higher means; which is the group of simple autism disorder, and higher studies; and working mothers. There were also statistically significant differences between the mean scores of mothers on the parenting stress scale according to the following variables: the severity of autism disorder, the mother’s education level, the mother’s work, in favour of the higher means, which is the group of severe autistic spectum disorder and working mothers with average education.The results also indicatd the importance of hope and its sub-dimensions in predicting parenting stress and its sub-dimensions among mothers of children with autism.
 

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المجلة التربوية لکلية التربية بسوهاج
Volume 95, Issue 95 - Serial Number 95
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
March 2022
Pages 1183-1238

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  • Receive Date: 15 November 2021
  • Revise Date: 01 December 2021
  • Accept Date: 05 December 2021

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