Global Covid-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Parents of Children with and Without Disabilities
Global Covid-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Parents of Children with and Without Disabilities

Summary/Abstract: Schools closures, relocations of companies to remote or reduce working, the ambiguous economic situation, and curfew restrictions on residents have caused many changes in daily lives of families. Without any doubt, drastic changes which have arisen from pandemic have adverse impacts on all children, but children with disabilities and their parents conceivably are more affected. The present study sheds lights on influential factors on perceived stress of parents of children with and without disabilities during global COVID-19 pandemic. The data were obtained from 369 parents living in Turkey using an online survey. Results confirmed that perceived burden, perceived social support, and problem behaviors of children predicted perceived stress of parents. Morover, parents of children with disabilities reported significantly a lower level of social support and a higher level of problem behaviors for their children. The results highlight the necessity in receiving support services about how to deal with difficult situations for parents.

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