Research Article

Psychological Stress Among Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down Syndrome in the City of Kufra

Authors

  • Mansour Mohammed Ali Bopaeda Lecturer, Department of Clinical psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science Kufrah, Benghazi University, Libya

Abstract

Having a baby is a huge responsibility. It often happens that mothers, especially when they are having their first baby, feel stressed and incompetent in their role as mothers even as their children normally grows. The purpose of this article is to identify the general features of psychological stress among mothers of autism spectrum disorder and Down syndrome and to identify the differences and relationship in psychological stress between mothers of autism and down syndrome. In this study participated a group of mothers with children who have autism (n = 44) and mothers of children with Down syndrome (n = 44). The findings made proved that the general features of psychological stress are high Among mothers of autistic children, while it was low among mothers of Down syndrome, there were also statistically significant differences in the level of psychological stress between mothers of autism and Down syndrome, and a correlation was found between mothers of autism and Down syndrome at the level of significance (0.01).

Article information

Journal

Journal of Medical and Health Studies

Volume (Issue)

2 (1)

Pages

29-41

Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Bopaeda, M. M. A. (2021). Psychological Stress Among Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down Syndrome in the City of Kufra. Journal of Medical and Health Studies, 2(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.32996/jmhs.2021.2.1.4

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Keywords:

Autism Spectrum Disorders; Down’s syndrome; Mothers; stress