Prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders is constantly increasing. Considering the lack of institutionalized support for guardians, it has been noticed that parents of children with ASD more often experience negative emotional states, such as depression, anxiety and stress, and perceive their quality of life to be lower than the parents of typically developing children. The aim of our research was to compare the level of depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life in parents of children with ASD and parents of children without developmental difficulties. The research was quantitative, a socio-demographic questionnaire was used, as well as DASS-21 and WHOQOL scales. There were 78 participants, of which 39 parents of children with ASD (members of "Djeca svjetlosti" Banja Luka and EDUS Sarajevo), and 39 parents of children without developmental difficulties. F-test was used for comparison of results in the depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life scales between the two groups. It was found that there were statistically significant differences in the level of depression (F=3.72, p<.01), anxiety (F=4.51, p<.01) and stress (F=3.47, p<.01), in a way that negative emotion levels were higher in parents of children with autistic spectrum disorder. As far as the perceived quality of life is concerned, the only statistically significant difference was found in the domain of psychological health (F=-3.22, p<.01), in the way that the parents of typically developing children had higher level of perceived satisfaction in this domain.Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology in Bosnia and Herzegovina-state and perspectives Mira Spremo et al.: Emotional states in parents of PDD childrenRecommendations made on the basis of these results are that mental health professionals should be educated for work with emotional problems affecting parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders, in order to make treatment be more comprehensive and efficient.
The study presented in this paper aims to examine the frequency of psychosomatic symptoms in students and their interaction with learning strategies and techniques. In addition, it aims to examine anxiety as a personality trait and its mediation effect between learning strategies and psychosomatic symptoms, with self-regulated learning linking cognitive, motivational, and emotional aspects of learning, serving as a theoretical framework. The sample comprises 420 students, aged 13.7 years on average, with a balanced percentage regarding gender. Through a descriptive analysis, it has been established that the commonest psychosomatic symptoms are gastrointestinal, pseudo-neurological, and symptoms of pain/feeling of weakness. The results show that learning strategies are negatively related to both the frequency (r=-.22, p<.01) and the intensity of the interference with psychosomatic symptoms (r=-.17, p<.01), as well as to anxiety (r=-.21, p<.01). Anxiety as a personality trait has a significant mediation effect between learning strategies and the frequency of psychosomatic symptoms (
Uvod. Prisutnost anksioznih i depresivnih poremećaja kod barem jednogpartnera negativno utiče na kvalitet partnerskog odnosa. Cilj istraživanja jeutvrditi zadovoljstvo partnerskim odnosima u odnosu na postojanje anksioznihi depresivnih poremećaja.Metode. Uzorkom je obuhvaćeno 107 ispitanika podijeljenih u dvije grupezavisno od prisustva poremećaja: (grupa 1 – 52 ispitanika sa anksioznimi depresivnim poremećajima, grupa 2 – 55 ispitanika bez poremećaja).Primijenjeni su sljedeći upitnici: Spielberger-ov upitnik za samoprocjenuanksioznosti – STAI, Beck-ov inventar depresije – BDI, Skala za mjerenje odnosau vezama – RAS i Upitnik o sociodemografskim podacima ispitanika.Rezultati. Nisu utvrđene statistički značajne razlike između dvije grupeu socio-demografskim karakteristikama ali su ispitanici iz grupe 1 imaličešće bolesti zavisnosti kod roditelja (χ2 = 20,90, p < 0,001) i strahova usvom porodičnom kontekstu (χ2 = 13,62, p < 0,001) u odnosu na kontrolnugrupu. Ispitanici sa postavljenom dijagnozom anksioznih i depresivnihporemećaja ostvarili su više rezultate na svim skalama. Između grupe 1 igrupe 2 postojala je statistički značajna razlika velikog intenziteta na skalizadovoljstva partnerskom vezom (25,56 ± 6,86 vs. 30,26 ± 4,47; p < 0,001).Depresivnost, anksioznost kao crta ličnosti i kao trenutno stanje ostvarujustatistički značajnu negativnu korelaciju sa skalom zadovoljstva partnerskomvezom, pri čemu je najjača veza ove skale sa anksioznošću kao osobinomličnosti (p < 0,01).Zaključak. Rezultati istraživanja ukazuju da postoji povezanost između anksioznihi depresivnih poremećaja i partnerskih odnosa, što može biti polaznaosnova za edukaciju i savjetovanje parova, ali i za istraživanja u ovoj oblasti.
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