Papers by Priyadharshini R
Today"s modern life style is increasing the number of Intellectually Disabled children. The birth... more Today"s modern life style is increasing the number of Intellectually Disabled children. The birth of disabled child is a stigmatic situation for both the parents and family. Family members go through a plethora of emotions due to the detection of intellectual disability including denial, shock, anger, grief, guilt, embarrassment, depression. Parental attitude plays a pivotal role in psychosocial development of a child. [1] Objectives: The objective of the study is to assess the level of parental attitude towards their intellectually disabled children and to associate the level of parental attitude with selected demographic variables Methods & Materials: A Non experimental descriptive research design was undertaken among 70 parents of intellectually disabled children in Anbagam special school and Carunnai special school at Puducherry using non probability purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using Self-administered questionnaire. Results: The study findings revealed that 35(50%) had neutral and positive attitude respectively towards their intellectually disabled children. The study findings revealed that the demographic variables age ( 2 =10.746, p=0.030), level of retardation ( 2 =12.431, p=0.002), residence ( 2 =17.225, p=0.0001) and relationship with the child ( 2 =8.387, p=0.015) had shown statistically significant association with level of parental attitude towards their intellectually disabled children. Conclusion: The study concluded that majority of the parents had positive attitude towards their intellectually disabled children.
Background Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, ... more Background Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress, and it is a predictor of mental health status that specifically indicates self-esteem, perceived social support, emotion-oriented coping, and a sense of personal mastery. The third gender known better as transgender has existed in every culture, race, class, and religion since the inception of human life has been recorded and analyzed. In spite of many advances and reforms, the current plight of transgender is far from being satisfactory. The social integration of transgender with the mainstream community is practically non-existent even today.
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Papers by Priyadharshini R