A study on Hope, Stress and Self-Efficacy in Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of hope on perceived stress and selfefficacy among parents of children suffering from intellectual disability. Due to the researcher’s personal experience as well as working with the parents or caregivers of children with intellectual disability has always been the researcher’s area of interest. Another reason behind doing research in the area of intellectual disability is to study and understand how positive factors such as hope & self-efficacy can help the parents & family members to see the disability or the situation in a positive way and deal with it more effectively. Methodology: 60 participants were purposively selected from resource rooms of special schools, hospitals and private intellectual disability centers. The head of the centres and the principals of the schools and parents were contacted to provide information regarding the objective of the research, scales, principle of confidentiality and to seek their permission for the study. The data was collected using the survey method. The General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale (GPSS), Procrastination Scale and the Brief Resilience Scale will be administered on each of the students. Results: The first hypothesis was parents of children with intellectual disability having higher level hope will score lower on perceived stress as compared to parents with lower level hope. The statistical result obtained was in line with the hypothesis and also was in line with previous studies. The second hypothesis was parents of children with intellectual disability having higher level hope will have higher level of selfefficacy as compared to parents with lower level hope. The statistical result found was in line with the second hypothesis and also in line with past studies. Conclusion: The findings indicate that the parents having higher level hope had lower level of perceived stress and higher level of self-efficacy as compared to parents with lower level hope. The results obtained are in line with hypotheses and past research.
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Rupa Kore, Saindhavi Venkatraman
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.4.3.2017.243-251
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