Mothers’ Depression and Stress, Severity of Autism among Children and Family Income

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between mothers’ depression and stress compared with severity of autism in children and the effect of family income on the relationship between these two latter variables. Levels of depression and stress among mothers (n=250) were measured ba...

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Autores principales: Pegah Athari, Leila Ghaedi, Azlina binti Mohd Kosnin
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Publicado: Universidad de San Buenaventura 2013
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d8b4ce91a7c0455a9e7fadbc2c27e9072021-11-25T02:22:32ZMothers’ Depression and Stress, Severity of Autism among Children and Family Income10.21500/20112084.6912011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/d8b4ce91a7c0455a9e7fadbc2c27e9072013-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/691https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922 This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between mothers’ depression and stress compared with severity of autism in children and the effect of family income on the relationship between these two latter variables. Levels of depression and stress among mothers (n=250) were measured based on Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale of 42 items (DASS¬-42). The severity of autism among children was assessed by Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) according to children’s teachers reports (n=250). Family income was recorded based on mothers’ report and it was investigated as a mediator for the relationship between mothers’ depression-stress and severity of autism among children. Results showed that different incomes of mothers have significant effect on the level of depression and stress among mothers and the severity of autism; besides, results indicated that severity of autism in children changes with family income and mothers’ depression and stress-severity. Pegah AthariLeila GhaediAzlina binti Mohd KosninUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticlePsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 6, Iss 2 (2013)
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Leila Ghaedi
Azlina binti Mohd Kosnin
Mothers’ Depression and Stress, Severity of Autism among Children and Family Income
description This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between mothers’ depression and stress compared with severity of autism in children and the effect of family income on the relationship between these two latter variables. Levels of depression and stress among mothers (n=250) were measured based on Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale of 42 items (DASS¬-42). The severity of autism among children was assessed by Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) according to children’s teachers reports (n=250). Family income was recorded based on mothers’ report and it was investigated as a mediator for the relationship between mothers’ depression-stress and severity of autism among children. Results showed that different incomes of mothers have significant effect on the level of depression and stress among mothers and the severity of autism; besides, results indicated that severity of autism in children changes with family income and mothers’ depression and stress-severity.
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author Pegah Athari
Leila Ghaedi
Azlina binti Mohd Kosnin
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Leila Ghaedi
Azlina binti Mohd Kosnin
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title Mothers’ Depression and Stress, Severity of Autism among Children and Family Income
title_short Mothers’ Depression and Stress, Severity of Autism among Children and Family Income
title_full Mothers’ Depression and Stress, Severity of Autism among Children and Family Income
title_fullStr Mothers’ Depression and Stress, Severity of Autism among Children and Family Income
title_full_unstemmed Mothers’ Depression and Stress, Severity of Autism among Children and Family Income
title_sort mothers’ depression and stress, severity of autism among children and family income
publisher Universidad de San Buenaventura
publishDate 2013
url https://doaj.org/article/d8b4ce91a7c0455a9e7fadbc2c27e907
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