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Scirj Volume VII, Issue V, May 2019 Edition ISSN: 2201-2796 Parent’s attitude towards their mentally retarded children: A descriptive, cross-sectional, comparative and analytical study Dr. Md. Shahedul Islam, Dr. Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Dr. Md Harun Ar Rashid, Dr. Md Forhad Abedhan, Dr. Md Shamsuzzaman Prodhan, Dr. Md. Abul Bashar, Prof. Dr. Md. Nizam Uddin Abstract: Parents attitudes toward their mentally retarded children are of paramount importance, because majority of such children are looked after at their home and parental attitude determines the efficiency and adequacy of the training measures to be adopted by the parents. Attitudes are determined by social influences, cognitive influences, behavioral influences etc. These influences jointly mold our earliest attitudes, and they can change our attitudes through our lives. Attitude strongly affect how a person perceive and respond to other people including their mentally retarded children. Unrealistic and self-defeating attitudes lead on to distort family interactions which greatly hampers. A descriptive cross-sectional and analytical study was done in Department of Psychiatry, Cumilla Medical College, Cumilla. All cases were selected from patients attending at Cumilla Medical College Hospital and Private Mental Health Facilities in Cumilla City from April 2014 to September 2017. The main objective of the present study was to investigate the attitudes of parents towards their mentally retarded children. Total 80 participants who fulfilled the enrolment criteria were included in the study. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for IQ assessment children (WISC-III) and Independent Adaptive Behavior Assessments Scale (IBAS) were used for diagnosing regarding mentally retarded children... Reference this Paper: Parent’s attitude towards their mentally retarded children: A descriptive, cross-sectional, comparative and analytical study by Dr. Md. Shahedul Islam, Dr. Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Dr. Md Harun Ar Rashid, Dr. Md Forhad Abedhan, Dr. Md Shamsuzzaman Prodhan, Dr. Md. Abul Bashar, Prof. Dr. Md. Nizam Uddin published at: "Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume VII, Issue V, May 2019 Edition, Page 71-78 ". Search Terms: Attitudes, MR children, love and acceptance, embarrassment, frustration, disappointment, over-protection [Read Research Paper] [Full Screen] |
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