Coping of parents having children with specific learning disabilities and intellectual disability

Pages: 1108-1111
Mohd. Faijullah Khan (Department of Teacher Training and Non-Formal, Education (IASE), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)
M. Khyothunglo Humtsoe (Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Presence of children diagnosed with disability/ieshas been seen to predict stress among parents which results in use of behavioral strategies to reduce the impact of stress. Parents may indulge in increasing one’s coping resources, change attitudes, take effective control of one’s environment, seek support, or regulate negative emotions, etc. The present study was aimed at assessing any differences that may exist among parents having children diagnosed with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) and Intellectual Disability (ID). A total of 60 parents (30 parents of children diagnosed with SLDs & 30 parents of children diagnosed with ID) were purposively selected and assessed on Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Results indicated that except for the component of Accepting Responsibility, there were significant differences on the other seven components of the coping questionnaire between the two parental groups. The study indicates that the type of disability is likely to influence the behavioural strategy used to handle stress.