The anxiety evaluation of parents of children with autism

VernacularTitle:孤独症儿童父母焦虑情绪分析
Author: Changmin ZHAO ; Jiancong LIU ; Jing LIU ; Meixiang JIA ; Wenhua SANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Autism; Children; Parents; Anxiety
From: Clinical Medicine of China 2011;27(8):878-879
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the relationship between the anxiety condition and educational background of the autistic children's parents. Methods Questionnaires for the self-evaluation of anxiety were collected from the parents of 140 children with autism. Results The autistic children's mothers had significantly higher score of anxiety than the fathers (42. 73 ±8. 25) (t =6. 783,P ＜0. 05). The autistic boy's parents had significantly higher anxiety pressure than autistic girl's parents ( 51.38 ± 11.24 vs. 43.23 ± 6. 12) ( t = 4. 894,P ＜0. 05). The anxiety intensity of the autistic children's parents was negatively correlated with the parents'educational background ( F = 10. 788, P ＜ 0. 05 ). Conclusion The autistic children' s parents had certain anxiety,which is correlated with the their educational background and genders of the autistic children. It is necessary to interfere the negative mood to facilitate the treatment of the autistic children.