Phenomenology Study: Description of Coping Stress Mechanism on A Mother with Down Syndrome Children
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_113How to use a DOI?
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- 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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TY - CONF AU - Sarah Nur Rachmawati AU - Subagya AU - Muhammad Akhyar AU - Sunardi PY - 2023 DA - 2023/12/04 TI - Phenomenology Study: Description of Coping Stress Mechanism on A Mother with Down Syndrome Children BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1222 EP - 1232 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_113 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_113 ID - Rachmawati2023 ER -