Agency Paper
Summary of the Article “Compassionate as a Key to Satisfaction, Efficacy and Meaning Among Mothers of Children with Autism”
Iksaniye Tasci
California State University Northridge
Agency Paper -Summary of the Article
For the study that is described in the article “Compassionate Parenting as a Key to Satisfaction, Efficacy and Meaning among Mothers of Children with Autism”, the author Regina Conti knew from previous study that the parents whose children are autistic feel huge stress and that more than the half of the parents of children with autism experience more extreme depression. But, for initiating this study, the result from previous study that showed there was a number of parents who had satisfying lives, was
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While brainstorming for the formation of her hypotheses, the author states that self-image concerned parents experience stress, and that is the result of their intention to have psychological control over their children. Knowing from the literature that challenging situations may bring positive results, the author directs her attention to the idea, whether having a child with autism brings a greater focus on compassionate goals, and could that help for shifting in goals. Considering the previous study results that parenting goals are related to the emotional outcome of the parent-child relationships, she aims to find the relationship between the role of the parent’s goal and their experiences; she proposes that the goal orientation influences the parents’ believe of whether it is possible to change the relationship or not The first hypothesis of this study that the compassionate goals, support parents’ satisfaction and effectiveness …show more content…
The author concludes that the child oriented goals are also helpful when the parents need to give support, which otherwise most of the time may be very exhausting and stressful. The agency that this article can be related to is Autism Speaks. This organization is a group of professionals whose mission is to help and support the family and individuals with autism through providing them with needed information, resources and support that will help them to live satisfying and independent lives. The organization gives information about the appropriate resources, programs and the results of the researches done on autism. They also provide guides for important aspects of life, such as housing, employment, educational opportunity and community life. The information from this article relates to this organization since it works with individuals with autism and their families. The results of the study suggest that the self-image goals and compassionate goals lead to parenting effectiveness, but only compassionate parenting goals help for the parents’ satisfaction and satisfaction with themselves