The relationship between social support and quality of life for autistic mothers of children

El Khapiry, Abd Elhalim; Shawkat, Awatef Ebrahim; Abd Allah, Nashwa Abd El-moneem

doi:10.21608/jsre.2020.107631

The relationship between social support and quality of life for autistic mothers of children

Document Type : Original Article

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Educational Psychology , Girls College for Arts, Science and Education , Ain Shams University

10.21608/jsre.2020.107631

Abstract

The current study aims to reveal the relationship between social support and the quality of life of the mothers of self-directed children and to identify the differences in the level of quality of life they have according to the level of social support and to identify the differences in the level of quality of their life according to the type of social support and also to identify the differences in the level of social support they have according to For the social, economic and cultural level, the study sample consisted of (36) mothers of autistic children who are between the ages of (30-45) years.

The results of the study reached:

There is a correlation between the social support and the quality of life of the mothers of the autistic children.
There are statistically significant differences in the level of quality of life for autistic mothers of children due to the level of social support they have.
There are statistically significant differences in the level of quality of life for autistic mothers of children due to the type of social support they have.
There are statistically significant differences between the level of social support among the mothers of the autistic children due to the social, economic and cultural level of the mothers.

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