A Comparison of Distress Tolerance and Fear of Being Laughed at among Children’s Siblings with or without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Subject Areas : Clinical psychology

Amir Ghamarani ¹ , Ahmad Yarmohammadiyan ² , Alireza Mohseni Ezhiyeh ³ , Nahid Vakilizadeh ⁴

1 - University of Isfahan
2 - University of Isfahan
3 - MA in Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs
4 - MA in Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs

Received: 2017-06-10 Accepted : 2017-06-10 Published : 2017-03-21

Keywords: sibling, autism spectrum disorder, Distress Tolerance, fear of being laughed at,

Abstract :

The present study was aimed to compare distress, tolerance, and fear of being laughed of children who had siblings with or without autism spectrum disorder. Twenty nine children who had a sibling with autism spectrum disorder (19 males, 10 females) were matched with 29 children who had a sibling without autism spectrum disorder (19 males, 10 females). The sample were selected from Esfahan, Iran using the convenient sampling method. The participants completed the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS; Simons & Gaher, 2005) and the Fear of Being Laughed at Scale (FBLS; Ruch & Proyer, 2009).The data were analyzed using MANOVA. The results indicated significant differences in mean scores of tolerance (P<0.001), evaluation (P<0.018), regulation (P<0.001), and fear of being laughed (P<0.034) at among siblings of children with or without autism spectrum disorder. The findings suggested the necessity of using prevention and intervention programs for preventing the occurrence of long-term psychological damages.

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