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3 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 141 (2020)
Anxiety and Depression in Parents of Disabled Children

handle is hein.journals/techssj3 and id is 141 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 3, 141-150, February 2020 ISSN: 2668-7798 SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL www.techniumscience.com Anxiety and depression in parents of disabled children S~ilceanu Claudia Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania claudiasalceanu(~yahoo .com Sandu Mihaela Luminita Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania mihaela naidinkyahoo.com Abstract. Having a disabled child can add new challenges for parents and can affect, in different ways, the entire family and its way of life. Two of the most frequent consequences of having to take care of a disabled child are anxiety and depression. A sample of 30 adults (15 parents with disabled children and 15 parents with normal children) has been assessed with Beck Depression Inventory and with Cattell's Anxiety Questionnaire. The main objectives of the study aim to identify if there are significant differences between the two categories of parents regarding anxiety and depression, and if there is a significant statistical correlation between the two personality traits. The results show higher anxiety and depression levels for parents of disabled children, and a significant correlation between the two traits. The practical implications of the study are discussed in the end. Keywords. Anxiety, depression, parents, disabled children Introduction Bringing up a child is hard enough for any family, but for the parent of a disabled child, worries about their future can be overwhelming, especially because these parents often lack the financial and professional support necessary. Things like the fact that they are not alone, that they deserve to be cared for, that they have to make time to enjoy their children, even though they are disabled, that they have to sometimes make hard decisions, that they need to forgive themselves, that they have to keep their sense of humor, that they have to celebrate little accomplishments, that they have to make time for their own marriage and not succumb to worries towards their disabled child, are just as many elements in which absence anxiety and depression can develop. The conceptualization of anxiety The term anxiety is part of common language and it refers to both common experience and pathological states (Klein, 2002). 141

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