The Anxiety of Children’s Future in Parents Who Have Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

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10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.048How to use a DOI?

Keywords

future-anxiety, autism spectrum disorders, parenting of autistic children

Abstract

This study aims to determine whether parents have anxiety about the children’s future diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Children with autism spectrum disorder have more complex characteristics than the children with special need, so that parenting has its own challenges. This research was conducted using a survey method by providing a scale of anxiety about the children’s future to the subject. The subjects consisted of 10 (ten) mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders.The result showed that 9 (nine) people experienced anxiety in the moderate category, and one (1) person experienced anxiety in the low category. The subjects who have moderate level of anxiety in the cognitive aspects, such as negative thoughts about the children’s future who are considered unable to live a normal life like other individuals. Future research is expected to be able to provide interventions to reduce anxiety in parents of the children with autism spectrum disorders, because the anxiety experienced by parents will affect the quality of care for the children.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tri Winarsih
AU  - Zahro Varisna Rohmadan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/27
TI  - The Anxiety of Children’s Future in Parents Who Have Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health and Medical Sciences (AHMS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 216
EP  - 218
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.048
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.048
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