Naila Aslam, Iffat Rohail.
Family Resilience in Pakistani Families having Children with Autism.
J Sharif Med Dent Coll Jan ;9(1):36-9.

Objective: To determine the resilience in families having Autistic children in Pakistan. Methodology: A quantitative cross-sectional descriptive study was done involving 150 Pakistani families who had children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data was collected through a purposive convenient sampling technique. Family Resilience Assessment Scale was used to calculate the results. Results: Descriptive statistic was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that only 4% of families of children with Autism exhibit high family resilience. A moderate level of family resilience was involved in 72.7% and 23.3% of families showed a low level family resilience. According to the results, family resilience indicated a significant relationship with education (p-value=0.000), gender (p-value=0.003), and family system (p-value=0.048). Conclusion: Families of children with Autism have a moderate level family resilience. Also, parental education, family system, and gender are interdependent on each other for determination of the level of family resilience towards Autism. Keywords: Family support. Autism. Resilience.

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