Abstract
Aim of the studyThis study is conducted in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the resiliency training on the perceived stress and coping strategies of the mothers of the children with autism.Subject or material and methodsThis study is quasi-experimental with the pretest-posttest design and the control group. The population of this study is consisted of all of the mothers of the autistic children who are aged between 3 to 10 years old and received services at the Tehran Autism Center in 2018. The study sample is consisted of 30 mothers who were selected by the convenient sampling method, and were randomly assigned into the study (15 people) and control (15 people) groups. The Coping with Stressful Conditions Scale of Endler and Parker (1990) and the Perceived Stress Scale of Cohen et al. (1983) were used in order to collect the data. The Resiliency training was given to the study group in nine sessions, and each session lasted for one hour. The SPSS-22 statistical software was used for the data analysis.ResultsThe results of this study showed that the intervention (the resiliency training) improved the problem-focused coping strategies in the study group (P <0.05). It also reduced the perceived stress, and the emotion-focused, and avoidance coping strategies (P <0.05).DiscussionHowever, there was no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test in the control group.ConclusionsTotally, it can be concluded that the resiliency training plays an effective role in the management of the stress in the mothers of the autistic children.
Highlights
The Autism spectrum disorders refer to all of the disorders in the pervasive developmental category that encompass a wide range of the functional severity and deficiency
Studies show that the parents of the children with autism spectrum disorders, due to having a disabled child, are more likely to be subjected to the psychological stress and anxiety than the parents of the children with other psychological disorders [4]
There is no significant difference in both groups in terms of the distribution of the educational level
Summary
The Autism spectrum disorders refer to all of the disorders in the pervasive developmental category that encompass a wide range of the functional severity and deficiency. Studies show that the parents of the children with autism spectrum disorders, due to having a disabled child, are more likely to be subjected to the psychological stress and anxiety than the parents of the children with other psychological disorders [4]. The mothers of the sick children are more likely to have the behavioral problems than the fathers, and they have the high perceived stress [5]. Studies have shown that in addition to the stressful status of the situations and conditions, the coping style of the person with those conditions can have a significant impact on the perceived stress [10]. The environmental situations and factors influence the type of the coping strategy that people choose [13]
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