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http://dx.doi.org/10.22683/tsnr.2019.8.4.019

The Differences of Psychological Symptoms According to the Level of Parenting Stress for Mothers of Infants With Autism Spectrum Disorder  

Yu, A Ran (Dept. of Child Psychotherapy in Child Welfare Studies Major, The Graduate School, Sookmyung Women's University)
Ha, Eun Hye (Dept. of Child Welfare Studies, Sookmyung Women's University)
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Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation / v.8, no.4, 2019 , pp. 19-31 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective : The purpose of this study was to examine differences of psychological symptoms for mothers of infants with autism spectrum disorder(ASD) according to the level of parenting stress. Methods : The subjects were seventy-two mothers of infants with ASD(aged 22 months to 71 months) completed Korean Parenting Stress Index (K-PSI) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory(MMPI-2). The data was analyzed using SPSS 23.0 program. Results : First, total and parent domain of parenting stress were positively correlated with several clinical scales of MMPI-2. However, there was no significant association between the child domain of parenting stress and clinical scale MMPI-2. Second, as a result of verified the difference of psychological symptoms according to level of total and parent domain of parenting stress, high-risks group was significantly higher scores in several clinical scales of MMPI-2 relative to those in normal range group. However, regarding the association between the child domain of parenting stress and psychological symptoms, there was no significant difference in psychological symptoms between high-risks group and normal range group. Conclusions : The results of this study have implications for verified the difference of psychological symptoms according to level of parenting stress among mothers of infants with ASD.
Keywords
Autism spectrum disorder; Mother parenting stress; Psychological symptoms;
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