Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah

Parents of children with ASD have been reported to experience higher parenting stress and more depression and anxiety symptoms compared to parents of typically developing children or children with other developmental disabilities. This study examined parent's depression, anxiety and stress and...

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Main Author:	Abdullah, Noor Hafizah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Anxiety Psychiatry
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54559/1/54559.PDF
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.545592021-12-13T06:51:42Z Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah 2019-06 Abdullah, Noor Hafizah Anxiety Parents. Parenthood. Including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers Psychiatry Depression. Affective disorders Parents of children with ASD have been reported to experience higher parenting stress and more depression and anxiety symptoms compared to parents of typically developing children or children with other developmental disabilities. This study examined parent's depression, anxiety and stress and parental behaviour in parents of children with ASD. When considering parenting style towards ASD children, it is important to take note how parents' psychological symptoms, such as depression, anxiety and stress may influence their parenting behaviours. A cross-sectional study design and a purposive sampling strategy was conducted on 71 parents of children with ASD. The depression, anxiety and stress level data was obtained from survey questionnaire using Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) and for data that describe about pattern of parental behaviours using The Parental Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire-Short Form (PARQ-SF)- Malay version. The data was analyse to evaluate and identify parents' psychological symptoms such as depression anxiety and stress may influence their parenting behaviour to the planning and implementation of successful occupational therapy intervention. Result of analyses revealed that parents of ASD child showed higher levels of anxiety and depression compare to the normal population mothers have been shown to suffer higher levels of anxiety and depression than fathers of children with autism. There was a medium, negative correlation between age and depression, stress and anxiety. Majority of the parents used coldness/lack of affection approach in their parenting style (62%, n=44). - Understanding psychological well-being that impact parenting can guide the development of interventions better tailored to support the needs of parents, particularly parents of children with ASD. 2019-06 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54559/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54559/1/54559.PDF text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA ( Kampus Puncak Alam ) Faculty of Health Sciences Thanapalan, Chandra Kannan
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language	English
advisor	Thanapalan, Chandra Kannan
topic	Anxiety Anxiety Psychiatry Anxiety
spellingShingle	Anxiety Anxiety Psychiatry Anxiety Abdullah, Noor Hafizah Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah
description	Parents of children with ASD have been reported to experience higher parenting stress and more depression and anxiety symptoms compared to parents of typically developing children or children with other developmental disabilities. This study examined parent's depression, anxiety and stress and parental behaviour in parents of children with ASD. When considering parenting style towards ASD children, it is important to take note how parents' psychological symptoms, such as depression, anxiety and stress may influence their parenting behaviours. A cross-sectional study design and a purposive sampling strategy was conducted on 71 parents of children with ASD. The depression, anxiety and stress level data was obtained from survey questionnaire using Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) and for data that describe about pattern of parental behaviours using The Parental Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire-Short Form (PARQ-SF)- Malay version. The data was analyse to evaluate and identify parents' psychological symptoms such as depression anxiety and stress may influence their parenting behaviour to the planning and implementation of successful occupational therapy intervention. Result of analyses revealed that parents of ASD child showed higher levels of anxiety and depression compare to the normal population mothers have been shown to suffer higher levels of anxiety and depression than fathers of children with autism. There was a medium, negative correlation between age and depression, stress and anxiety. Majority of the parents used coldness/lack of affection approach in their parenting style (62%, n=44). - Understanding psychological well-being that impact parenting can guide the development of interventions better tailored to support the needs of parents, particularly parents of children with ASD.
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title	Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah
title_short	Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah
title_full	Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah
title_fullStr	Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah
title_full_unstemmed	Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah
title_sort	depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with autism spectrum disorder / noor hafizah abdullah
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA ( Kampus Puncak Alam )
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publishDate	2019
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54559/1/54559.PDF
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Depression, anxiety, stress and parental behaviour among parents with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Noor Hafizah Abdullah

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