Perception of child’s developmental disability and the quality of life of mothers

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dc.contributor.authorSyeda Wajeeha Zehra
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-21T06:55:39Z
dc.date.available2016-04-21T06:55:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionSupervisor: Dr. Zahid Mahmooden_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to find out the impact of child's developmental disability on the mother's Quality of life. Mothers (N=150) with the children of three type of developmental disability cerebral palsy ,intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder were the participants of this research. Mixed methods research design was used. Instruments included a demographic performa, WHO-BREF questionnaire and a indigenous scale MPS (Mother's perception Scale) to measure mothers perception about child disability. This MPS was constructed for the study to see the relationship between the independent variable of mother's perception with the dependent variable of quality of their life. After factor analysis the two factors were assigned, the descriptive label of positive mother's perception and negative mother's perception, to measures the perception of mother's about the disability of their child. Product movement correlation revealed relationship between positive mother's perception with the better QOL and negative mother's perception with lower QOL. Hierarchical Linear regression indicated that mother's education is the significant predictor of QOL. Independent t-test revealed that there was no gender difference in mother's perception and their QOL. However the difference of nuclear and joint family system was found to be significanten_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/1846
dc.publisherUNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGYen_US
dc.subjectMS Thesisen_US
dc.subjectImpact of child's developmental disabilityen_US
dc.subjectMother's quality of lifeen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.titlePerception of child’s developmental disability and the quality of life of mothersen_US
dc.titlePerception of child's developmental disability and the quality of life of mothersen_us
dc.typeThesisen_US
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