Study of parents’ coping style on children with autism and its influence factors

Objective To investigate the current status of parents’ coping style on children with autism and analyze its influence factors.Methods Totaled of 93 parents of children with autism were investigated by the Chinese version of F - COPES.Results The mean total score of F - COPES for participants in this study population was 95.95 ± 11.74.The factors that showed a statistically significant irfluence on participants’ scores were family income,the attitude of parents towards autism and mother~ age (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions When they face family stress,parents of children with autism take some measures.Family income,the attitude of parents towards autism and mother's age are main influence factors of the parents’ coping style. Key words: Autism;  Child;  Parents;  Coping style;  Influence factor