Quality of Life and Coping Resources Among the Parents of Intellectually Challenged Children

By : Archana Shukla, Neha Singh

Page No: 177-185

Abstract
The present study endeavors to find out the Quality of life and Coping resources among the parents of intellectually challenged children. The ‘Whoqol – Bref Scale’ (World Health Organization Quality of Life, 1996) and ‘Coping Resource Inventory’ (Form-D; developed by Hammer & Marting, 1988) were administered. Sample comprised of 60 parents (30 mothers and 30 fathers) purposively selected from Chetna Institute for the Mentally Handicapped in Lucknow city. They ranged in age from 30-40 years with the mean age of 35 years. The results showed a significant difference between the parents on quality of life and on coping resources. Further, it was found that mothers reveal poor QOL and at the same time they have less coping resources than fathers.

Authors :
Archana Shukla : Asst. Prof, Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, Lucknow-226007, India
Neha Singh : Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Lucknow University, Lucknow- 226007, India