Spiritual values and positive thinking as predictors of quality of life among parents of children with special needs

Pages: 1009-1012
Anum Khan and Aqueleem Un Nabi (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

The continuing care of children with special needs is often stressful for parents as these children’s difficulties inevitably touch their lives. Raising a child with special needs (autism, physical disability, dyslexia & soon) can be a difficult task for parents. Being positive about the future of the children and having spiritual values may somehow improve the quality of life of the parents. The present study aimed to explore the influence of spiritual values and positive thinking on quality of life among parents of children with special needs. The study includes three groups of parents of children with special needs, i.e., (autism, physical disability & dyslexia) each group consists 50 subjects, the data was collected from NIMH, Delhi, India, by using spiritual values scale (Najam, Hussain, & Khan, 2015) positive thinking scale (Diener & Diswas-Diener, 2008) and quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF). Suitable statistical approach will be used to analyse the data.