Otizm spektrum bozukluğu tanılı çocuğa sahip annelerin ebeveynlik stresi ve çocuk sahibi olma motivasyonları: Analitik-kesitsel bir çalışma

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 140 - 148, 31.08.2024

Ayşenur Karpuzluk , Ayşe Akalın

https://doi.org/10.61534/anatoljhr.1439898

Abstract

Aim: The study aimed to identify the predictors of parenting stress and childbearing motivations among mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted with 165 mothers of children diagnosed with ASD in Türkiye from November 2021 to January 2022. Data were collected using a Questionnaire-Form, the Parenting-Stress Index-Short Form, and the Childbearing Motivations Scale. The data were analyzed using independent samples t-tests, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis, and regression analysis.
Results: The participants' parental stress levels are moderately high, and their motivation for having children is low. The mother's age, education level, birth order of the child with ASD, and the impact of ASD on the decision to have another child were statistically significant predictors of parental stress level, explaining 20.1% of the variance (p<0.05). The mother's education level, income status, birth order of the child with ASD, and the desire to have another child were statistically significant predictors of positive motivation for having children, explaining 18.7% of the variance (p<0.05). Additionally, there was a statistically significant, moderately positive relationship between parental stress and negative motivation for having children (r= 0.345; p<0.001).
Conclusion: Mothers of children with ASD tend to exhibit negative motivations regarding the decision to have another child. Improving socioeconomic status and reducing parenting-stress may help these mothers develop more positive motivations for childbearing and prevent negative motivations.

Keywords

autism spectrum disorder, motivation, psychological, reproduction, stress

Ethical Statement

Ethical committee approval was received from the Non-Interventional Health Research Ethical Committee of Düzce University (Date: July 05, 2021 Approval No: 2021/165).

Supporting Institution

The authors reported there was no funding associated with the work featured in this paper.

Thanks

The authors would like to thank the mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder who participated in this study.

Otizm spektrum bozukluğu tanılı çocuğa sahip annelerin ebeveynlik stresi ve çocuk sahibi olma motivasyonları: Analitik-kesitsel bir çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, otizm spektrum bozukluğu (OSB) olan çocukların annelerinde ebeveynlik stresi ve çocuk sahibi olma motivasyonlarınının incelenmesidir.
Yöntem: Analitik-kesitsel çalışma, Kasım 2021 ve Ocak 2022 arasında OSB’li 165 çocuğun annesiyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler Anket Formu, Ebeveynlik Stresi İndeksi-Kısa Formu ve Çocuk Sahibi Olma Motivasyonları Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde tek yönlü varyans analizi, bağımsız örneklem t-testi, korelasyon ve regresyon analizleri kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların ebeveynlik stresi orta düzeyde yüksek iken çocuk sahibi olma motivasyonları düşük düzeyde olumludur. Anne yaşı, eğitimi, OSB’li çocuğun doğum sırası ve OSB'nin başka çocuk sahibi olma kararını etkileme durumu, ebeveynlik stres düzeyinin istatistiksel olarak anlamlı yordayıcısı olup varyansın %20.1'ini açıklamaktadır (p<0.05). Anne eğitimi, gelir düzeyi, OSB’li çocuğun doğum sırası ve başka çocuk sahibi olma isteği, çocuk sahibi olmaya yönelik olumlu motivasyonun istatistiksel olarak anlamlı yordayıcısı olup varyansın %18.7'sini açıklamaktadır. Ebeveynlik stresi ve olumsuz çocuk sahibi olma motivasyonları arasında pozitif yönlü orta düzeyde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişki bulunmaktadır (r=0.345; p<0.001).
Sonuçlar: OSB’li çocukları olan anneler, başka bir çocuk sahibi olma kararına yönelik olumsuz motivasyonlar sergilemektedirler. Sosyoekonomik durumun iyileştirilmesi ve ebeveynlik stresinin azaltılması, bu annelerin çocuk sahibi olma konusunda daha olumlu motivasyonlar geliştirmelerine yardımcı olabilir ve olumsuz motivasyonların önüne geçebilir.

Keywords

motivasyon, otizm spektrum bozukluğu, psikolojik, stres, üreme

Ethical Statement

Ethical committee approval was received from the Non-Interventional Health Research Ethical Committee of Düzce University (Date: July 05, 2021 Approval No: 2021/165).

Supporting Institution

The authors reported there was no funding associated with the work featured in this paper.

Thanks

The authors would like to thank the mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder who participated in this study.

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