Coping and Time Management in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction, language, speech, and nonverbal communication, as well as repetitive and stereotypical movements. This disorder requires that children with autism always have a caregiver in their lives and usually caregivers are their mothers. Coping can be defined as the individual's resistance to events or factors that create stress for them and all of the cognitive, emotional and behavioral reactions to these situations. Social anxiety and isolation behavior are frequently observed in individuals with low coping skills. For this reason, studies were generally planned with the idea that mothers' coping attitudes and time management could change. In this review, studies in this perspective have been examined.