Obilježja podrške, strategije suočavanja i stres u obitelji predškolske djece s poremećajem iz spektra autizma

master's thesis

• Title (english): Characteristics of Support, Coping Strategies and Stress in Families of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Author: Matea Zovko
• Mentor: Sanja Šimleša (mentor)
• Committee member: Sanja Šimleša (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Maja Cepanec (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jasmina Stošić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-09, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Speech Therapy

Abstract

Većina intervencijskih pristupa za djecu s poremećajem iz spektra autizma (PSA) i danas je usmjerena samom djetetu ili pak njegovom roditelju, ali s primarnim ciljem usvajanja strategija za poticanje združene pažnje te komunikacijskih vještina. Ipak, ove strategije ne zadovoljavaju roditeljske potrebe i psihološki stres kojemu su izloženi u svakodnevnom odgajanju djeteta sa PSA-om. S obzirom da na razinu stresa roditelja djeluje niz negativnih događaja iz životnog okruženja, ali i niz protektivnih faktora, od izrazite je važnosti da stručnjak pomogne roditelju ne samo identificirati stresore, nego i pronaći odgovarajući tip podrške za njega, njegovo dijete i čitavu obitelj. Ovo istraživanje analiziralo je prediktore stresa 80 majki predškolske djece sa PSA-om kako bi se utvrdile sociodemografske karakteristike, strategije suočavanja sa stresom, obilježja djeteta, obilježja socijalne podrške te obilježja stručne podrške i terapeuta koja imaju pozitivan efekt na razinu roditeljskog stresa. Pokazalo se kako 22% majki djece sa PSA-om doživljava povišenu razinu roditeljskog stresa. Socijalna podrška, obilježja djeteta i izbjegavajuće strategije suočavanja pokazale su se značajnim prediktorima roditeljskog stresa.
Nije potvrđen efekt sociodemografskih faktora, stručne podrške te strategija problemskog i emocionalnog suočavanja na razinu roditeljskog stresa. Nadalje, cilj istraživanja bio je analizirati obilježja intervencije i terapeuta koje majke percipiraju važnima te ih najčešće primaju u logopedskoj ili edukacijsko-rehabilitacijskoj intervenciji koju pohađaju. Pokazano je kako najčešće primaju usluge orijentirane njihovom djetetu, a iste usluge percipiraju i najvažnijima.

Abstract (english)

To this day, majority of interventional approaches for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are oriented towards the child or its parent with the primary goal of adopting strategies for developing joint attention and communication skills. Still, this strategies are not meeting the needs of parents and psychological stress they are exposed to by raising a child with ASD. Since parental stress level is affected by a number of negative daily events, as well as many protective factors, it is extremely important that the specialist helps the parent to identify both - daily stressors and appropriate types of support suited for the parent, his/her child and the whole family. This study explored the predictors of parental stress in 80 mothers of young and preschool children with ASD in order to identify sociodemographic factors, coping styles, characteristics of the child, social support as well as characteristics of intervention and the therapist that have positive effect on the parental stress level. Research showed that 22% of mothers that have children with ASD perceive severe parental stress levels. Social support, characteristics of the child and avoidance coping were found to be significant predictors of parental stress. Neither sociodemographic factors, intervention, problem-focused or emotional coping were found to have an effect on parental stress level. Furthermore, the study analized characteristics of the therapist and the SLP or educational rehabilitation treatment that families of children with ASD were part of in order to identify characteristics that mothers perceived important and to compare how often they receive them. It was showed that the families most often receive services oriented towards their child, but mothers also find them the most important.

• Keywords: poremećaj iz spektra autizma; roditeljski stres; strategije suočavanja; rana intervencija
• Keywords (english): Autism spectrum disorder; parental stress; coping; early intervention
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:158:877922
• Study programme: Title: Graduate study of Speech and Language Pathology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra logopedije (magistar/magistra logopedije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-11-03 10:09:12