Parental stress,care burden,and coping styles in mothers of autistic children during the pandemic of COVID-19
Niloofar Sani1
Fateme Mohammadi2
Salman Khazaei3
Tayebeh Hasan Tehrani4
Saeid Bashirian5
1.Student Research Center,Department of Pediatric Nursing,School of Nursing and Midwifery,Hamadan University of Medical Sciences,Hamadan 6517838736,Iran2.Department of Pediatric Nursing,School of Nursing and Midwifery,Hamadan University of Medical Sciences,Hamadan 6517838736,Iran3.Department of Epidemiology,School of Health,Research Center for Health Sciences,Health Sciences & Technology Research Institute,Hamadan University of Medical Science,Hamadan 6517838736,Iran4.Department of Pediatric Nursing,School of Nursing and Midwifery,Mother and Child Care Research Center,Hamadan University of Medical Sciences,Hamadan 6517838736,Iran5.Department of Public Health,School of Health,Social Determinants of Health Research Center,Health Sciences & Technology Research Institute,Hamadan University of Medical Sciences,Hamadan 6517838736,Iran
摘要：Objectives:To investigate the parenting stress,care burden,and coping styles in mothers of autistic children during the pandemic of COVID-19.The outbreak of COVID-19 and the closure of education and care centers for these children may affect stress,care burden,and adaptation of these mothers.
Methods:This study was a cross-sectional research.A total of 110 mothers completed questionnaires.Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics(frequency,percentage,mean,and standard deviation),independent t-test,ANOVA,and multiple linear regressions.
Results:Findings showed that parenting stress has a strong and direct correlation with caring burden(P＜0.001,r=0.95),and a strong and indirect correlation with coping styles(P＜0.001,r=-0.91).Variables of caring burden,coping strategies,mother's age,mother's job,mother's education,number of autistic children,economic status,children's age,and functional level of autism in children can predict 72.21％of the variance in parenting stress in these mothers.
Conclusions:In the present study,parenting stress of mothers of autistic children was reported to be high during the COVID-19 pandemic.Based on the findings of this study,it can be concluded that pediatric nurses and health policymakers should provide a suitable educational and supportive environment for mothers of autistic children to enhance the coping level of these mothers and consequently reduce their parenting stress and care burden.
机标关键词：covid-19childrenstresscareautisticburdencopingduring
论文发表日期：2025-09-20
在线出版日期：2025-10-13（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：9( 301-309 )
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