International Journal of Recent Advances in Psychology
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 1

Stress in Parents of Intellectually Disabled Children: A Study of a District of Uttar Pradesh

  • Author:
  • Archana Shukla1, Shivani Pandey2
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 104 to 110

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.

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Intellectually disabled, FISC MR