Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2022)

Phenomenology Study: Description of Coping Stress Mechanism on A Mother with Down Syndrome Children

Authors
Sarah Nur Rachmawati1, *, Subagya1, Muhammad Akhyar1, Sunardi1
1Post Graduate Student of Special Education Departement, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: sarahnurr@student.uns.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Sarah Nur Rachmawati
Available Online 4 December 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_113How to use a DOI?
Keywords
coping stress mother; down syndrome children; coping stress mechanism
Abstract

Research background of this research is a short interview result between two mothers who have children with Down syndrome. The result is both of them are experiencing various problems when have a baby with Down syndrome. This research is aimed to reveal what things are in faced by mothers with children with Down syndrome. The characteristics of subjects in this research are three mothers who have children with Down syndrome, live in Klaten, and aged between early and middle adulthood. This research is qualitative with phenomenology approach. Data collection method used in this research is interview. Data analysis technique used in this research is Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The result of this study was that the three subjects experienced stress in the process of self-acceptance regarding the condition of children with Down syndrome. there are three subjects who can accept and care for their children due to self-encouragement and social support from family and environmental factors as well. Social support can reduce stress when you have down syndrome children. It makes three subjects encouraged to give their best to educate their children to be independent through appropriate therapy and education.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
4 December 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_113
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_113How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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