Psychosocial Aspects of Parents having Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with and without Co-Morbid Conditions

By : Vani Narula, Prashant Srivastava

Page No: 191-199

Abstract
Having a child with developmental or psychological problems is always stressful for their parents who are taking care of them, even when the child is a grown up person, which would cause a constant incompatibility of parents with their child’s disability. These parents, other than bearing financial pressures, are always facing emotional pressures such as feeling ashamed or feeling guilty, poor quality of life. This paper was aimed to compare the psychosocial aspects among parents having children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) with and without co-morbid conditions. 60 Samples (30 parents having children with ASD with co-morbid conditions and 30 parents having children with ASD without Co-morbid conditions) were included who were qualified the inclusion and exclusion criteria based on Purposive Sampling technique. In present study hospital based cross sectional design was used and they were evaluated on Perceived Stress Scale and WHOQOL-BREF. The result revealed that there were significant differences found in Psychosocial aspects of parents having children with ASD with and without Co-Morbid Conditions. Result suggests that high stress and poor quality of life was found among parents having children with ASD with co-morbid conditions as compared to parents having children with ASD without co-morbid conditions.

Authors :
Prashant Srivastava  : Dept. of Psychiatry, Kalpana Chawla Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Karnal, Haryana-132001.
Vani Narula : Associate Professor – Dept. of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2019.14.01.21