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2019 - Volume 3 - Number 2

Relation between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Parenting Styles

Silva Ibrahimi * silva.ibrahimi@yahoo.it * ORCID: 0000-0003-3233-1157 * ResearcherID: N-5693-2018
Albanian University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology and Research Center, Tirana, ALBANIA

Lindita Durmishi * lindita75@yahoo.com
Aleksander Xhuvani University, Department of Psychology, Elbasan, ALBANIA

Ervin Ibrahimi * ervinibrahimi@klikitalia.eu
Klik Ekspo Group Italia, Ancona, ITALY

Open Journal for Psychological Research, 2019, 3(2), 47-54 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojpr.0302.02047i
Online Published Date: 30 November 2019

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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KEY WORDS: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), parenting style, coping strategies, coping skills.

ABSTRACT:
The present paper, through a theoretical research and an explorative research with the primary objective to investigate the two macro-areas of empathy and coping in parents of children with typical development and of children with ASD, verifying their differences. Another objective was based on an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the parents of children with typical development, also taking into account parental stress, levels of attachment and the perception of the child’s temperament by the parents, continuing the comparison between mothers and fathers in their psychosocial, personality, family and systems relationships.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Silva Ibrahimi, Albanian University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology and Research Center, Tirana, ALBANIA. E-mail: silva.ibrahimi@yahoo.it.

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