ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN SELECTED EARLY INTERVENTION CENTERS, DEHRADUN

Manusmriti Nautiyal, Kamlesh Dixit, Shatrughan Pareek

Abstract


This study was undertaken to assess the level of stress and coping strategies among parents of children with developmental disabilities in selected
early intervention centers , Dehradun. Sample comprised of 100 parents of children with developmental disability. Non –probability purposive
sampling technique was used for sample selection. The data collection tool consisted of three parts: demographic data, parental stress scale to
assess level of parental stress and coping health inventory for parents to assess coping strategies. The result showed that 71 % parents were having
moderate stress, 29% were having low stress. 75 % parents were having good coping and 25% were having moderate coping. The obtained score
for correlation test is 0.249 that indicates low relationship between stress and coping strategies. Chi – square test shows that demographic variable
education and religion shows an association with stress and disability of child variable shows an association with coping strategies.


Keywords


Stress, Coping Strategies, Parents, Developmental Disabilities, Management

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