Determining the relationship between over-care burden and coping styles, and resilience in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder

Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics and caring burden scores

Demographic variables	Number	Care burden Means ± SD	p. value
Mother’s age (Year)
23–35 years	43	93.67 ± 8.68	P = 0.024
36 years and over	26	98.73 ± 9.07	P = 0.024
Mother’s educations
Primary education	2	98.00 ± 12.73	P = 0.880
High school	28	96.21 ± 9.37
University	39	95.21 ± 9.00
Marital status
Married	65	95.97 ± 8.67	P = 0.153
Divorce	4	89.25 ± 14.80	P = 0.153
Employment status
Employed	21	92.24 ± 9.70	P = 0.043
Unemployed	48	97.04 ± 8.53	P = 0.043
Income status
The income is less than expenses	6	100.33 ± 8.36	P = 0.046
The income is equal to the expenses	54	96.09 ± 8.40
The income is more than expenses	9	89.33 ± 11.46
Number of children
1	35	92.54 ± 9.86	P = 0.017
2	31	98.71 ± 7.08
3 and more	3	98.67 ± 9.29
Sex of children
Girl	14	101.79 ± 6.68	P = 0.004
Boy	55	94.00 ± 9.01	P = 0.004
Children’s age
3–6	21	98.05 ± 9.18	P = 0.277
7–10	17	93.41 ± 10.98
11–15	31	95.10 ± 7.76
The child’s age at diagnosis First year of the life
2	11	91.91 ± 8.30	P = 0.277
3	32	97.84 ± 10.10
4 years and over	26	94.35 ± 7.57

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