1Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Email- archana.kshitish@gmail.com
2Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Online published on 6 September, 2019.
The present study aimed to explore the level of perceived stress by mothers and fathers of intellectually disabled children. Section I of FISC MR was administered on a sample of 100 parents (50 mothers and 50 fathers) attending the Out Patient Department of District Mental Health Unit of National Rural Health Mission(N.R.H.M.) at District hospital Faizabad. Results obtained showed mothers had high level of perceived stress than fathers. They exhibited high level of daily care stress, family emotional stress and social stress than fathers. However, fathers reported high financial stress than mothers.
Intellectually disabled, FISC MR
