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Autism:Role of Happiness and Psychological Well-Being among Parents


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1 Department of Psychology, Lovely Professional University Phagwara, Punjab, India
2 Department of Psychology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
     

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The current research was conducted to study the relation between happiness and psychological well-being among the parents of autistic children. This study explains the difference between level of happiness and psychological well being in autistic children and parents of non autistic children. To conduct this study, descriptive method was used. For collection of data purposive sampling technique was used. The sample size was 120 parents which included 60 parents of autistic children and 60 parents of non autistic children. The result showed that there was a significant difference between the level of happiness and psychological well being in parents of autistic and non autistic children. Moreover, there is a significant relation between happiness and psychological well being among the parents of autistic and non autistic children.

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Happiness, Psychological Well-Being, Autistic.
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Authors

Chhaya Sharma
Department of Psychology, Lovely Professional University Phagwara, Punjab, India
Imran Hussain
Department of Psychology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

Abstract


The current research was conducted to study the relation between happiness and psychological well-being among the parents of autistic children. This study explains the difference between level of happiness and psychological well being in autistic children and parents of non autistic children. To conduct this study, descriptive method was used. For collection of data purposive sampling technique was used. The sample size was 120 parents which included 60 parents of autistic children and 60 parents of non autistic children. The result showed that there was a significant difference between the level of happiness and psychological well being in parents of autistic and non autistic children. Moreover, there is a significant relation between happiness and psychological well being among the parents of autistic and non autistic children.

Keywords


Happiness, Psychological Well-Being, Autistic.

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