Association between Stress Scores with Demographic Variables in Mothers of Children Attending Normal School and Special School
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i6.9786Keywords:
Correlation. Stress, depression, mothersAbstract
The present study was undertaken to observe the association between stress scores with demographic variables
in mothers of children attending normal school and special school. The present study was a cross-sectional
(comparative) study. 120 mothers were taken for the study, out of which 60 were mother of intellectually
disabled children diagnosed with ID based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth
Edition (DSM5) criteria and 60 was mother of normal children. Stress inventory was used to determine
the stress scores. The present study results showed that younger’s are having less stress than others. It was
confirmed using Chi square test. More income of mother of children attending Special school is having less
stress than others. Further multi center studies are recommended in this area for better understanding of the
association.
