A Study to Assess the Level of Stress and Coping Strategies among Mothers of Autistic Children at Selected Setting, in a view to develop an Information Booklet

Abstract

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: A study to assess the level of stress and coping strategies among mothers of autistic children at selected setting, in a view to develop an Information booklet. STUDY OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the level of stress among mothers of autistic children. 2. To determine the coping strategies among mothers of autistic children. 3. To correlate the level of stress and coping strategies among mothers of autistic children. 4. To find out the association with the selected demographic variables. 5. To develop an information booklet on coping with stress for mothers of autistic children. METHODOLOGY: The design adopted was Descriptive research design in a selected setting .The sample size was 100. The sample is selected by means of purposive sampling technique. The level of stress among mothers with autistic children was assessed by Parental stress scale, the level of coping was assessed by COPE inventory. RESULTS: The results shows that 59% of the mothers suffering from moderate stress, 41% are having severe stress.54% are having Inadequate coping skills, 46% are having moderately adequate coping skills , correlation was done between stress and coping skills where r value is -0.70. CONCLUSION: There was a negative correlation between stress and coping skills that shows there is significant relationship between stress and coping strategies