Stress among Parents of Children with Mental Retardation

Abstract

Mental retardation is one of the most prevalent developmental disabilities of the children globally. Family is the main source of support for those disable children in any society. Parents experience enormous physical and mental stress to tackle the mentally retarded children. This present comparative cross-sectional study tried to compare difference of mental and physical stress between the parents of children with mental retardation and the parents of children with no mental retardation. It included 220 parents, 110 of whom had children with mental retardation and another 110 parents of children with no mental retardation. To assess stress, A Quick Stress Assessment Test (QSAT) (Vaz, 1995) was used, which comprised two parts: physical and mental, former with 19 items and latter with 21 items. Data were collected with a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed by using SPSS software. To check differences of stress scores and gender differences of stress,'t' test and '?2' tests were applied as required.

Fostering Awareness and Acceptance of Disability in Mexican Mothers of Autistic Children

“…These findings are consistent with the research of Anderson, Elliott & Zurynski, 2013;Al-Qaisy, 2012, Islam, Shanaz, & Farjana, 2013, Kezban et al, 2013, Madrigal, 2007, Núñez, 2008, Olsson & Hwang, 2008, Pérez & Lorenzo, 2007, Torres & Maia, 2009, and other authors, in relation to the impact that the birth of a child with disabilities can have on a family. Over the course of the program, mothers talked about the changes that were occurring in their own families, which were generally positive.…”

Impact of Training on Perceived Stress of Parents with Intellectually Disabled Children

“…However, earlier literature highlighted that there are divergent associations between children' age and parental / family stress. For example, while some of the earlier studies showed insignificant association between children's age and parental / family stress (Siddiqui, 2014;Chourasiya, Baghel, Kale & Verma, 2018;Katkic, Morovic & Kovacic, 2017), some other studies have exhibited either a negative association (Woodman et al, 2016;Mbugua, Kuria & Ndetei, 2011;Sahib & Sajid, 2008;Upadhyay & Havalappanavar, 2008;Khamis, 2007) or positive correlation / association (Morya, Agrawal, Upadhyaya, & Sharma, 2015;Bhat & Najar, 2010). Data presented in panel 5 of Table 3 highlights that the mean score of parents' perceived stress both at the time of joining and interim stages of training given to their children (CWID) declined consistently from higher levels for those whose children are in 3-6 years (148.11 and 81.50, respectively) to lower levels for those whose children are 18 years and above (95.65 and 37.60, respectively).…”

“…Parents of children with moderate ID are stated to be having higher perceived stress than those parents who have children with mild ID. Many studies showed that the parents' perceived stress is positively correlated / associated with the severity of children's Intellectual disability (Katkic, Morovic & Kovacic, 2017;Sharief, 2014;Nagarkar et al, 2014;Islam, Farjana & Shahnaz, 2013;Bhat & Najar, 2010;Khamis, 2007), but few earlier studies didn't support this proposition in significant manner (Siddiqui, 2014;Chourasiya, Baghel, Kale & Verma, 2018). Data of the present study (panel 7 of Table 3) suggests that the mean score of parents' perceived stress is remarkably higher among those parents who have children with moderate ID as against those who have children with mild ID both at the time of joining (133.47 vs. 110.32) and at the time of interim stages of special training given to CWID (72.81 vs.54.37).…”

Translation and cross- cultural adaptation of the Friedrich Short Form of the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress (QRS-F) to measure the stress level of Filipino parents and other caregivers of children with disability

“…Literature supports that these two groups are different in terms of stress levels. 26,27,28,29 Analysis of the scores from the adapted QRS-F revealed that there is a significant difference between the total scores of stress levels of Filipino parents and caregivers of typically developing children and Filipino parents and caregivers of children with disability (p<0.001).…”