- Title
- Exploring maternal parenting styles and methods of discipline in relation to autistic children's challenging behaviour in the home environment
- Creator
- Ramjee, Prashana
- Subject
- Autistic children -- South Africa -- Discipline
- Subject
- Mentally ill children -- South Africa -- Discipline Parenthood -- South Africa -- Psychological aspects Parent and child -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/20570
- Identifier
- vital:29323
- Description
- Autism Spectrum Disorder is not a modern phenomenon. Researchers have been studying children with “autism-like” characteristics for over one hundred years and only now it has become recognised, as it is a growing phenomenon. Autism is a vast and complex disorder with a range in which a child’s “autism-like” characteristics fall. Although, the primary distress of autism falls mainly on the child’s shoulders, primary caregivers such as mothers, are faced with many challenges due to the core behavioural characteristics. These challenging behaviours often leave mothers blaming themselves and defending their parenting skills. There are extensive publications regarding parenting that have been published through the years on children who do not have any diagnosed conditions, but limited research and publications exist in the area of parenting children on the autistic spectrum in general and in the South African context. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the maternal parenting styles and methods of discipline in relation to autistic children’s challenging behaviour. The present study incorporated Diana Baumrind’s Parenting Style Model as a framework to better understand the maternal parenting styles and methods of discipline. This study was explorative and descriptive in nature and a biographical questionnaire and a semi-structured interview schedule was utilised to gather data until saturation had been reached. A non-probability purposive sampling technique was employed to obtain participants and thematic analysis was used to analyse data and to extract themes. This study seeks to contribute to psychology's existing body of knowledge by conducting research on parenting styles of learners on the autistic spectrum in South Africa. By conducting this study the researcher hopes to be able to assist parents and helping Exploring Maternal Parenting Styles and Methods of Discipline in Relation to Autistic Children’s Challenging Behaviour in the Home Environment professionals with an understanding of the parenting styles and the methods that are being used to discipline the autistic child’s behaviour in the home environment.
- Format
- xiii, 204 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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