Abstract:
Abstract: Autism is still a nightmare for most parents. Parents with autism can be
very stressful when dealing with a hyperactive child's behavior, aggressive and
passive. Stress experienced by parents of children with autism will affect the ability
of parents in the parenting role, especially in relation to coping strategies have in
dealing with problems of children. The participation of parents is crucial the success
of socializing with children with autism in the general population. This study aims to
determine the relationship of coping strategies parents of autistic children and
parenting parents. This type of research is an analytic correlation with cross sectional
approach. The population in this study were all parents of autistic children in SLB
Muhammadiyah Mojokerto numbering 15 people. Samples in this study were all
parents of autistic children in SLB Muhammadiyah Mojokerto which totaled 15
people by using total sampling technique. Collecting data using questionnaires. Data
analized use cross tabulation, presented in a frequency distribution. On crosstabulation
obtained results tend to use maladaptive coping strategies permissive
parenting that is 8 (53.3%), there are also respondents who use adaptive coping
strategies using authoritarian parenting as much as one person (16.7%), and adaptive
coping strategies tend using democratic parenting style as much as 5 people (33.3%).
Expected parents still seeking information to broaden their parents on coping
strategies of parents of autistic children and parenting parents as well as parents to
give special attention for children with autism to the development and advancement
of their lives because they have the same rights as any other normal child.
