Feeding Problems Among Children with Autism Disorder and Its Relationship to Stress in Mothers

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Department of Special Education - Faculty of Education - Ain Shams University

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The study aimed to assess and identify the feeding problems among children with autism disorder, and the stress of their mothers. It also aimed to identify the relationship between feeding problems among children with autism disorder and the stress of their mothers, as well as the effect of gender (male and female) on the feeding problems among children with autism disorder. The study sample consisted of (50) children with autism disorder (32 males and 18 females), whose ages ranged between (6-12) years of age. The study sample also included (50) mothers of children with autism disorder, whose ages ranged between (32-47) years of age. The study used the scale of feeding problems in children (Prepared by the researcher), and the scale of stress for mothers of children with autism disorder (Prepared by the researcher). The results of the study revealed that children with autism disorder suffer from feeding problems, and the mothers of children with autism disorder suffer from stress. It also revealed that there is a positive statistically significant correlation between the feeding problems of children with autism disorder and stress in their mothers. Moreover, there were no statistically significant differences between males and females in the feeding problems of children with autism disorder.

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