Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia

Increased cases of autism have been identified in Malaysia in the past few years and there is sufficient evidence that parenting a child with autism potentially affects parents in several ways, including increased parental stress. However, research that explores the challenges...

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Main Author:	Zulkipli, Anis Elina
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Autism in children Child psychotherapy - Parent participation Stress in adolescence
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89780/1/FEM%202020%202%20-%20ir.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.897802021-12-07T06:20:54Z Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia 2019-04 Zulkipli, Anis Elina Increased cases of autism have been identified in Malaysia in the past few years and there is sufficient evidence that parenting a child with autism potentially affects parents in several ways, including increased parental stress. However, research that explores the challenges and issues faced by these parents in Malaysia are limited. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia. This qualitative study used correlational design to determine the relationship between variables. Survey method was used to collect the data. A total of 80 parents (49 mothers and 31 fathers) were recruited as respondents by using the cluster sampling method. Parents completed a set of questionnaires consist of demographic data sheet, Sense of Coherence-13 Questionnaire Scale (SOC- 13), Duke–UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (FSSQ), Family Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), and Autism Parenting Stress Index (APSI). Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate statistics were used to analyses data. This study found that sense of coherence, social support, and negative attitude had significantly correlated with parental stress. Both sense of coherence and social support showed a significant negative relationship with parental stress which indicates that these two variables can help parents in reducing stress. Meanwhile, a significant direct relationship between negative attitude and parental stress suggest that parents with negative attitude are more prone to stress. Moreover, results of multiple regression analyses also concluded that negative attitude was the strongest unique predictor of parental stress and was partially mediated the relationship between social support and parental stress. These findings strongly emphasized that negative attitude lead to parental stress and prevent parents from seeking or receiving social support that can help them reduce stress. Therefore, effective support mechanisms in the early stages of diagnosis that can educate parents about autism are very important in in order to prevent parents' negative attitudes towards autism as well as helping parents adjusting their lifestyle to manage autistic children. In addition, intervention towards autistic children should not only emphasis on reducing the major symptoms but should also focus on helping parents to become more optimists and improve their wellbeing. Findings from the present study thus contributed to the body of knowledge, most notably on the significant role of negative attitude in affecting parental stress among parents of children with autism. Autism in children Child psychotherapy - Parent participation Stress in adolescence 2019-04 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89780/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89780/1/FEM%202020%202%20-%20ir.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Autism in children Child psychotherapy - Parent participation Stress in adolescence Mansor, Mariani
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English
advisor	Mansor, Mariani
topic	Autism in children Child psychotherapy - Parent participation Stress in adolescence
spellingShingle	Autism in children Child psychotherapy - Parent participation Stress in adolescence Zulkipli, Anis Elina Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia
description	Increased cases of autism have been identified in Malaysia in the past few years and there is sufficient evidence that parenting a child with autism potentially affects parents in several ways, including increased parental stress. However, research that explores the challenges and issues faced by these parents in Malaysia are limited. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia. This qualitative study used correlational design to determine the relationship between variables. Survey method was used to collect the data. A total of 80 parents (49 mothers and 31 fathers) were recruited as respondents by using the cluster sampling method. Parents completed a set of questionnaires consist of demographic data sheet, Sense of Coherence-13 Questionnaire Scale (SOC- 13), Duke–UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (FSSQ), Family Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), and Autism Parenting Stress Index (APSI). Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate statistics were used to analyses data. This study found that sense of coherence, social support, and negative attitude had significantly correlated with parental stress. Both sense of coherence and social support showed a significant negative relationship with parental stress which indicates that these two variables can help parents in reducing stress. Meanwhile, a significant direct relationship between negative attitude and parental stress suggest that parents with negative attitude are more prone to stress. Moreover, results of multiple regression analyses also concluded that negative attitude was the strongest unique predictor of parental stress and was partially mediated the relationship between social support and parental stress. These findings strongly emphasized that negative attitude lead to parental stress and prevent parents from seeking or receiving social support that can help them reduce stress. Therefore, effective support mechanisms in the early stages of diagnosis that can educate parents about autism are very important in in order to prevent parents' negative attitudes towards autism as well as helping parents adjusting their lifestyle to manage autistic children. In addition, intervention towards autistic children should not only emphasis on reducing the major symptoms but should also focus on helping parents to become more optimists and improve their wellbeing. Findings from the present study thus contributed to the body of knowledge, most notably on the significant role of negative attitude in affecting parental stress among parents of children with autism.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Zulkipli, Anis Elina
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author_sort	Zulkipli, Anis Elina
title	Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia
title_short	Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full	Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia
title_sort	relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in selangor, malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89780/1/FEM%202020%202%20-%20ir.pdf
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Relationship between sense of coherence, social support, negative attitude and parental stress among parents of children with autism in Selangor, Malaysia

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