ABSTRACT

Background of the study: Children with a mental retardation disorder have impairment in the area of communication and social interaction and often display repetitive and non-often display. Their parents having stress a to manage their children to education and future purpose. This study has assessed the parental attitude in parents towards parents of mentally retarded children. Objectives: The present study aimed to assess the parental attitude towards their mentally retarded children. Materials and Method: Children with a Mental Retardation spectrum disorders have impairment in the area of communication and social interaction and often display repetitive and non often display. Their parents having stress a to manage their children to education and future purpose. This study has assessed the Parental Attitude. The data for main study collection was 30 Parents. Description of the tools refers to the explanation of the content of the tool. The researcher lists the number of items and the scoring for each item in the tool. The tool used for the present study is Parenting attitude - Scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to analyses the data by using SPSS-20 software. We use purposive sampling technique. Result: Majority of parents showed positive attitude 18(60%), 12(40%) had neutral attitude and none had negative attitude towards their mentally retarded children. Conclusion: The present study concluded that there is more positive attitude among parents of mentally retarded child. Keywords: Mental retardation, parents, children, attitude
Publication date: 15/06/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.6.1072