Stres rodzicielski i percepcja doświadczeń związanych z opieką nad dzieckiem u rodziców dzieci z autyzmem uczestniczących w różnych formach terapii
PARENTING STRESS AND PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF THERAPY

Summary/Abstract: Parents of children with autism face a number of problems related to their children’s specific developmental disabilities. A significant factor affecting the scope and severity of the parents’ difficulties is availability of professional help for their children. So far we have limited knowledge of the relationship between the type of therapeutic intervention provided for the child and the level of parental stress and parents’ perception of their parenting experiences. The purpose of the present study was to compare two groups of parents of autistic preschool children: those receiving regular, intensive behavioral therapy delivered at a therapy centre, and those using eclectic consultative-internet therapy. The comparison included parental stress profile and positive perception of parenting experience. The study also included parents of typically developing children. The comparisons revealed a number of differences between the parents of autistic children and the parents of typically developing children, as well as some differences between the stress profiles in the two groups of parents of autistic children. In addition, a positive perception of parenting experience was shown to be a viable predictor of parental stress.

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