Comparison of spiritual and psychological suffering in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder and normal

Peyman Noroozi Beneh¹ Shiva Majd Shokrloo²

1) 1- Bachelor of Educational Affairs, Payame Noor University, Garmi Branch, Garmi, Iran Iran
2) Bachelor of Exceptional Child Psychology, Farhangian University, Bentolhoda Sadr, Rasht Iran.

IOI Code : XEAE-GECBH
Publication : 2th National Conference on Psychopathology(asruma2.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of this study was to compare the spiritual and psychological suffering of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder and normal. The method of this research was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the study included all mothers with children with autism (care and education centers for children with autism under the supervision of the Welfare Department) in Garmi in 2021. The study sample consisted of 60people (30mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders and 30mothers of normal children) who were selected by available sampling method. The suffering perception scale was used to collect data. Data analysis was performed using MANOVA test using SPSS statistical software version 20. The results showed that there was a difference between the mean of psychological suffering in comparison with mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder and normal (p<0.01). So that the average psychological suffering in mothers with children with autism spectrum was higher than mothers of normal children. But there was no significant difference between spiritual suffering in the two groups of mothers with children with autism spectrum and normal mothers (p> 0.05). As a result, it can be stated that the presence of a child with autism spectrum increases the psychological suffering of their mothers, so it is important to provide programs to provide psychological services to the mothers of these children by relevant institutions.

Keywords : spiritual suffering psychological suffering autism