Impact of behavioral problems of autistic children upon psychological stress of their family at autistic care centers in Holy Kerbala

Abstract

Stress experienced by parents of children with developmental impairments is very high, and the tension is best explained by the increase in child behavior concerns seen in children with developmental disabilities rather than intellectual or developmental functioning (davis, 2015).The study aimed to know the impact of the problem of autistic behavior in children on the psychological pressures of the caregiver and to know the differences in the psychological pressure of caregivers regarding the demographic characteristics of them and their children. To assess the psychological stress of family caregiver of autistic child. An analytical descriptive study was conducted to determine the effect of behavioral problems for children with autism on the psychological stress of family caregivers in autism care centers in the holy Kerbala and started from September_ 2019 to May 2020. A convenance sample consist of 75 An autistic child, and the psychological stress questionnaire was responded to by family caregivers.