Emotional difficulties experienced by parents of children with disabilities versus parents of typical children

Corina Bianca Poptean; Doru Vlad Popovici

doi:10.56663/rop.v11i1.44

Authors

Corina Bianca Poptean Clinician &Special Psychopedagogy Psychologist, M.S.Ed.
Doru Vlad Popovici University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Professor Emeritus, PhD.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56663/rop.v11i1.44

Keywords:

kids with disabilities, parents, stress, anxiety, depression, job

Abstract

This study aimed to discover whether parents of children with disabilities report higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress compared to parents of typical children, but also whether having a child with special needs influences the parent's job. By applying the DASS and PSS questionnaires, we concluded that these parents are more stressed, depressed and anxious, but also that they give up their jobs to take care of the disabled child.

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