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| Published: September 30, 2024
Anxiety and Stress among Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability
Student, (M.Sc. Applied Psychology, Annamalai University), B.Ed. (Special Education), Department of Education, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Lecturer, Department of Special Education, NIEPID, Secunderabad, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.301.20241203
DOI: 10.25215/1203.301
ABSTRACT
Background: Compared to parents of children who are growing normally, parents of children with intellectual disabilities (ID) are more likely to experience distress. Aim: The purpose of the study is to determine anxiety and stress level among parents of children with intellectual disability and also to find significant difference in anxiety and stress levels based on demographic variables (gender, age, education, family type, occupation and economic status). Sample and tools: The Parent Stress Scale (Berry and Jones, 1995) – an 18 item self-report scale to measure the levels of stress experienced by parents, GAD-7 (generalized anxiety-7) – a 7 item self-report scale by Robert et al., 2006, were administered to a purposive sample of 52 parents of clients (CWID) in Hyderabad, India. The collected data was analysed using standard statistical tools such as descriptive statistics, t- test, one way ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation test. Result: The result indicated a significant difference in anxiety and stress levels among parents with respect to gender. Also, there is a significant positive correlation between anxiety and stress levels of parents of children with intellectual disability.
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© 2024, Begum, Y. & Sudhakar, G.
Received: August 16, 2024; Revision Received: September 27, 2024; Accepted: September 30, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.301.20241203
10.25215/1203.301
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 3, July-September, 2024