COMPARISON AMONG EMOTIONAL REGULATION, STRESS AND SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN PARENTS AND NORMAL CHILDREN PARENTS

Abstract

The main aim of this research was to study the comparison among emotional regulation, stress and self-perceived health among autistic children parents and normal children parents. For this purpose, the data was collected from 120 parents from Islamabad, Kamra and Taxila by administering 3 self-report questionnaires. To measure Emotional Regulation, Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) was used, to measure Parental Stress, Parental Stress Index (PSI) was used, and to measure Self-perceived health, Self-perceived Health (SF-36) was used. The data was collected through primary as well as secondary sources. The results obtained suggested that the emotional Regulation is higher among normal children parents is higher than autistic children parents. The level of stress is higher among autistic children parents is higher than autistic children parents. The Self-perceived Health is higher among autistic children parents is higher than normal children parents.