Comparison of general health, happiness and life expectancy of mothers of normal students with mothers of autistic students

Subject Areas : Educational Science

hamidreza khorshidian ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری روانشناسی دانشگاه لینکلن مالزی)
yarali dosti ² (استادیار گروه روانشناسی، واحد ساری، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، ساری، ایران)
atiyeh samadaei ³ (دانشجوی دکتری گروه روانشناسی، واحد قم، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی‌، قم، ایران)
fatemeh mortazavi kiasari ⁴ (دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی)

Received: 2017-05-22 Accepted : 2017-07-31 Published : 2017-05-22

Keywords: happiness, General Health, hope, Key word: Autism,

Abstract :

The prevalence of autism disorder as one of the most commonly occurring developmental disorders is a need to focus on the needs and experiences of the parents of these children. This study compares general health, happiness and life expectancy the mothers of normal students with autistic students mothers. The research is in terms of purpose, applicability and descriptive-comparative research method. Statistical Society were mothers of autistic and normal students in Mazandaran province. Sampling was carried out using available sampling method and 112 mothers (56 autism students mothers and 56 mothers of normal students) were selected through alignment method. Miller hopes questionnaire, GHQ and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire used. Reliability of the questionnaires was calculated using Cronbach's alpha, 0.8, 0.79 and 0.83. For data analysis, t-test was used. The results showed between hope, health and happiness of mothers of autistic and normal students there was significant differences. The results showed that autism has a negative effect on the general health, hope and happiness of the mothers of these students.