Spirituality to build resilience in primary caregiver parents of children with autism spectrum disorders: a cross-country experiment
| العنوان: | Spirituality to build resilience in primary caregiver parents of children with autism spectrum disorders: a cross-country experiment |
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| المؤلفون: | Samta P. Pandya |
| المصدر: | Int J Dev Disabil |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 050103 clinical psychology, media_common.quotation_subject, 05 social sciences, Multilevel model, Psychological intervention, Social class, medicine.disease, Logistic regression, Structural equation modeling, Original Research Paper, Psychiatry and Mental health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Autism, Spiritual development, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Psychological resilience, Psychology, 050104 developmental & child psychology, Clinical psychology, media_common |
| الوصف: | Objectives: To examine the effect of spirituality and spiritual training on resilience in primary caregiver parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Methods: A cross-country pre- and post-test-based experimental design has been used. The sample of this one-year-long study comprised 1687 parents of children with ASD in 15 countries. A six-day customized spiritual lessons package was administered to the study participants. Three scales have been used: Resilience Scale (RS), Sense of Coherence Scale (29-items) (SOC-29), and Parenting and Family Adjustment Scale (PAFAS-30). Results: Results of the paired t-test showed that post-test RS and SOC-29 scores of the participants were higher indicating greater resilience and sense of coherence post treatment. Post-test PAFAS-30 scores were lower indicating lower dysfunction and better adjustment. Logistic regression and structural equation models showed that parents from European countries including the UK, US, Canada, and Australia, Christians, those who did three–four rounds of the spiritual lessons through the study period and those who self-practiced, had higher post-test scores. Further mothers and middle-class parents were likely to have higher post-test resilience scores. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that self-practice was the most significant predictor of participants’ post-test scores. Conclusion: The study findings re-inforce the resilience-promoting potential of spirituality/spiritually sensitive interventions for parents of children with ASD, contingent on variations due to domicile country, religion, rounds of spiritual lessons, and self-practice as critical predictors, and sex and economic class as secondary predictors. |
| تدمد: | 2047-3877 2047-3869 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::5a2a02f160673eaa4fba10257a7967fd https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2016.1222722 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....5a2a02f160673eaa4fba10257a7967fd |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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