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Beata Tyszkiewicz-Gromisz1, Joanna Burdzicka-Wołowik2, Piotr Tymosiewicz2
1Department of Fundamentals of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Health in Biała Podlaska, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, 21-500 Biała Podlaska, Poland.
Abstract:
(1) Background: the aim of this study was to explore parental competences and stress levels in the mothers of children with autism in relation to the mothers of neurotypical children. (2) Methods: the study used the Parental Competence Test and the PSS-10 scale to assess the intensity of stress related to one's own life situation over the past month. Forty mothers of children with ASD (n = 20) and neurotypical children (n = 20) participated in the study. (3) Results: the mothers of children with ASD showed higher levels of stress (p = 0.0002). The mothers of neurotypical children achieved higher scores in parental competences (r = -0.49). The competence of mothers of children with ASD was correlated with rigour (r = 0.50), permissiveness (r = -0.60), overprotectiveness (r = 0.71), and helplessness (r = -0.77). (4) Conclusions: mothers of children with autism demonstrate lower parental competences than mothers of neurotypical children. Mothers of children with autism are less rigorous but more permissive, overprotective, and helpless. They tend to become heavily involved with their child. An overprotective attitude and greater tolerance for antisocial behaviours among parents of children with ASDs protect them from excessive stress.
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