Family support provided to children with autism spectrum disorder during COVID-19 pandemic
Other Title(s)
الدعم الأسري المقدم للأبناء ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد في ظل جائحة COVID-19
Joint Authors
al-Tall, Suhayr Mamduh
al-Id, Wafa Ayid
al-Taj, Hiyam Musa
al-Jawaldah, Fuad Id
Source
Journal of Educitioial and Psychological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 5, Issue 5 (28 Feb. 2021), pp.164-186, 23 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2021-02-28
Country of Publication
Palestine (Gaza Strip)
No. of Pages
23
Main Subjects
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Medicine
Abstract EN
The study aimed to identify the level of family support provided to children with autism in light of the Covid 19 pandemic, and the descriptive analytical method was adopted.
to achieve the goals of this study, the researchers developed a tool that consisted of (29) items distributed into (3) dimensions (psychological, training, and recreational).
the indications for the validity and reliability of this tool have been verified.
the study sample included (86) mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder who were enrolled in special education centers for the year 2019/2020 in amman, and the researchers reached many results, the most important of which are: the level of family support provided to children in light of the Covid 19 pandemic, according to their mothers' point of view, was average in the overall score of the family support scale and in its three dimensions, where the mean of the total score was (3.34), and for the training dimension the mean was (3.51), while the recreational dimension was (3.41) and the psychological dimension was (3.12), the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α = 0.05) in the level of family support provided to children with autism spectrum disorder in light of the Covid 19 pandemic according to the variables (economic status and educational qualification of mothers) and (age variable for children).The study recommended conducting more studies related to the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on people with disabilities specifically for people with autism spectrum disorder, it also recommended to the relevant authorities the necessity to provide families and mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder with sufficient and necessary information about family support, its importance and the mechanism of its implementation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Tall, Suhayr Mamduh& al-Jawaldah, Fuad Id& al-Taj, Hiyam Musa& al-Id, Wafa Ayid. 2021. Family support provided to children with autism spectrum disorder during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Educitioial and Psychological Sciences،Vol. 5, no. 5, pp.164-186.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1307141
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Tall, Suhayr Mamduh…[et al.]. Family support provided to children with autism spectrum disorder during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Educitioial and Psychological Sciences Vol. 5, no. 5 (Feb. 2021), pp.164-186.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Tall, Suhayr Mamduh& al-Jawaldah, Fuad Id& al-Taj, Hiyam Musa& al-Id, Wafa Ayid. Family support provided to children with autism spectrum disorder during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Educitioial and Psychological Sciences. 2021. Vol. 5, no. 5, pp.164-186.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1307141
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 184-186
Record ID
BIM-1307141