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Associations and Differences between Parenting Stress and Feelings of Guilt among Korean Mothers of Adolescents with Autism

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2013, 14(2), pp.115-141
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Lee Ji Kyung 1

1홍익대학교

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ABSTRACT

One hundred forty mothers who raise adolescents with autism between the ages of 13 and 19 participated in this study. This study examined the following four parts: (1) Difference in parenting stress between the group of mothers who responded with feelings of guilt towards their adolescents with autism and the other group who expressed that they never felt feelings of guilt; (2) Among the mothers who responded “Yes” to the previous question, difference in parenting stress between the group reporting that feelings of guilt interfered with their ability to provide effective parenting for their children and the other group who responded the opposite; (3) Aspects of feelings of guilt; and (4) Relationships between parenting stress and three different levels of feelings of guilt. The independent samples t test, descriptive analyses, one-way ANOVA, multiple regression analysis, and post hoc analyses were used for data analysis. Statistically significant difference in parenting stress for the two groups for the first part was withdrawn in this study. There was not any statistically significant difference found between the two groups of mothers reporting that feelings of guilt ever / never interfered with their ability to provide effective parenting for their children. A few methods to reduce the mothers’ parenting stress and feelings of guilt were proposed in the discussion.

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