Development of Screening Psychosocial Stressors Objectively Test (SPOT) for the Parents having Children with Intellectual Disability (Feasibility Study)

In the present study an attempt has been made by the researcher to develop a free associative projective test named screening psychosocial stressors objectively test (SPOT) for the parents having children with intellectual disability (Feasibility Study) Here in this test researcher screen and find out the level of stress caused by their psychosocial needs of parents having children with intellectual disability. This free associative projective test can be helpful to the clinicians in assisting them in screening and finding out the stress and its root causing needs, A clinician by using this tool can recommend suitable therapy to a patient based on the patients’ views, needs, stressors and his or her personality trait in order to reduce their stress level, which ultimately leads to better adjustment in their personal and professional life. And also, this pilot study (N=60) indicate that SPOT is psychometrically a sound tool as the content validity of this tool has been established in terms of (7) expert opinion by using Delphi Method and the reliability was established in terms of parallel form reliability and the result suggested high (0.95). Further researches are recommended to standardize this free associative projective test for the assessment of various psychosocial disorders in parents having children with intellectual disability and in individuals. which may lead to significant indications for intervention and thereby improving their quality of life of an individual.