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Volume 24, Issue 149 (7-2025)
Journal of Psychological Science 2025, 24(149): 307-321 |
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Bazzaz Abkenar S, Kalantar Ghoreishi M. (2025). Predicting Parenting Stress Based on Perceived Social Support and Self-Differentiation in Families with Children with Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Psychological Science. 24(149), 307-321. doi:10.61186/jps.24.149.2
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Department of Educational psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. , M_r_sazegar@yahoo.com
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Background: Families with children with developmental disabilities are prone to high levels of parenting stress due to the chronic and unique nature of the challenges they face, which impacts parental mental health and the quality of family interactions. In this regard, perceived social support as a protective factor and self-differentiation as the ability to maintain emotional autonomy play crucial roles in managing this stress. However, existing research has less frequently examined the simultaneous predictive role of these two constructs on parenting stress in this specific population.
Aims: This study aimed to predict parenting stress based on perceived social support and self-differentiation in families with children with developmental disabilities.
Methods: The present study adopted an applied, descriptive-correlational design. The statistical population of this research consisted of 450 mothers of autistic children attending autism schools in Tehran. In this study, 250 mothers of autistic children were selected using a convenience sampling method and assessed using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988), the Self-Differentiation Inventory-Revised (Skowron & Friedlander, 1998), and the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (Abidin, 1995). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression, utilizing SPSS-24 software.
Results: Results indicated that the regression model was statistically significant (F(2, 247) = 74.162, p < 0.001), explaining 37.5% of the variance in parenting stress (R² = 0.375). Examination of the regression coefficients revealed that both perceived social support (β = -0.255, p < 0.001) and self-differentiation (β = -0.144, p < 0.001) significantly predicted parenting stress. Furthermore, perceived social support demonstrated greater predictive power compared to self-differentiation, indicating that higher levels of perceived social support and self-differentiation are associated with lower levels of parenting stress.
Conclusion: The findings of this study clearly indicate that perceived social support and self-differentiation are significant predictors of parenting stress in families with children with developmental disabilities. These findings emphasize the critical role of both environmental support resources and individual capacities in mitigating the psychological burdens faced by parents of children with developmental disabilities, providing a foundation for designing targeted interventions aimed at enhancing the well-being of these families.
Aims: This study aimed to predict parenting stress based on perceived social support and self-differentiation in families with children with developmental disabilities.
Methods: The present study adopted an applied, descriptive-correlational design. The statistical population of this research consisted of 450 mothers of autistic children attending autism schools in Tehran. In this study, 250 mothers of autistic children were selected using a convenience sampling method and assessed using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988), the Self-Differentiation Inventory-Revised (Skowron & Friedlander, 1998), and the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (Abidin, 1995). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression, utilizing SPSS-24 software.
Results: Results indicated that the regression model was statistically significant (F(2, 247) = 74.162, p < 0.001), explaining 37.5% of the variance in parenting stress (R² = 0.375). Examination of the regression coefficients revealed that both perceived social support (β = -0.255, p < 0.001) and self-differentiation (β = -0.144, p < 0.001) significantly predicted parenting stress. Furthermore, perceived social support demonstrated greater predictive power compared to self-differentiation, indicating that higher levels of perceived social support and self-differentiation are associated with lower levels of parenting stress.
Conclusion: The findings of this study clearly indicate that perceived social support and self-differentiation are significant predictors of parenting stress in families with children with developmental disabilities. These findings emphasize the critical role of both environmental support resources and individual capacities in mitigating the psychological burdens faced by parents of children with developmental disabilities, providing a foundation for designing targeted interventions aimed at enhancing the well-being of these families.
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Received: 2025/05/29 | Accepted: 2025/07/19 | Published: 2025/07/23
Received: 2025/05/29 | Accepted: 2025/07/19 | Published: 2025/07/23
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