Mediating Effect of Perceived Social Support in the Relationship Between Resilience and Self-Esteem Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.059How to use a DOI?

Keywords

perceived social support, resilience, self-esteem, autism spectrum

Abstract

Literatures suggested that self-esteem is an imperative factor of a successful parenting. However, parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) tend to develop lower self-esteem, despite showing averagely higher resilience compared to other parents. To gain a deeper understanding on the relationship between self-esteem and resilience, this study aimed to investigate whether perceived social support mediates the association of resilience and self-esteem among parents of children with ASD. One hundred and fifty-three (153) parents from a state in Malaysia were chosen through purposive sampling as participants in this study to provide their responses in three questionnaires, namely Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, Two-Dimensional Model of Self-Esteem Scale, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. The results of multiple regression suggested that perceived social support partially mediates the link between resilience and self-esteem. Furthermore, the findings also suggested that perceived social support is predicted by the participants’ resilience, instead of predicting it. It was also indicated that self-worth dimension of self-esteem received stronger contribution from both resilience and perceived social support when compared to the self-competence dimension. In conclusion, findings of this study indicated that perceived social support partially explained the link between resilience and self-esteem, hence suggested other factors might contribute to the self-esteem of the PCA apart from resilience and perceived social supports.

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© 2020, 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  - Hani Arnous
AU  - Kee Jiar Yeo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/20
TI  - Mediating Effect of Perceived Social Support in the Relationship Between Resilience and Self-Esteem Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 312
EP  - 319
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.059
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.059
ID  - Arnous2020
ER  -