Hazarika Mythili, Das Shyamanta, Choudhury Sandamita
Lecturer of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Int J Child Dev Ment Health. 2017 Jan 30;5(1):11-21. Epub 2017 Feb 5.
The study attempted to explore the attitude of parents towards their mentally retarded children. The sample consisted of 66 parents of children with intellectual developmental disorder (IDD) receiving mental health services from two daycare centers. An attitude questionnaire was administered on the parents who were involved in the care and rehabilitation of the child. The questionnaire comprised of fifty statements of a Likert-type scale and it served as the measuring instrument. Questions were designed to provide information on parents' behavior, perception, reaction, values, and feelings. The important themes that emerged out of the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results indicated that the parents, though had love and acceptance towards their children, but were frustrated, disappointed, and highly overprotective. This was a significant deterrent factor in the child's adaptive functioning and development of his/her independent living skills.
该研究试图探究父母对其智力发育迟缓子女的态度。样本包括66名来自两个日托中心、其子女患有智力发育障碍（IDD）并接受心理健康服务的孩子的父母。对参与孩子照料和康复的父母进行了态度问卷调查。该问卷由五十条李克特量表式陈述组成，用作测量工具。问题旨在提供有关父母行为、认知、反应、价值观和感受的信息。使用描述性统计分析问卷中出现的重要主题。结果表明，父母虽然爱并接纳自己的孩子，但感到沮丧、失望且过度保护。这是孩子适应性功能及其独立生活技能发展的一个重要阻碍因素。
