Fey, Vera (2025) The Protective and Risk Factors that Influence Family Resilience in Parents of Children with ASD. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This study examines the protective and risk factors influencing family resilience for 204 Indonesian parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Drawing on previous literature, we investigated the relationships between social support, religiosity, income, the number of children and family resilience. Using a cross-sectional design, participants completed validated measures, including the Brief COPE and Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire (WFRQ). Results showed that emotional support and religiosity were positively and significantly correlated with resilience, highlighting their importance as protective factors. Instrumental support and help from grandparents, househelp, and others in caregiving of the child with ASD, were not significantly correlated with resilience, possibly due to the lack of consideration for critical contextual factors, such as quality or desirability of support. Income and the number of children also showed no significant relationship with resilience, suggesting the influence of unmeasured factors, such as parental civil status and whether the parents have more children with ASD. These findings underscore the importance of cultural context in shaping resilience. Interventions should incorporate religious and community support systems while addressing the quality of support. Future research should include more fathers, as this study includes mostly mothers, investigate other possibly critical contextual factors and explore longitudinal effects to enhance understanding of resilience across diverse settings.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Purnama Sari, N. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2025 09:41 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2025 09:41 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4488 |
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