The Analysis of Grief Marital Adjustment and Perceived Social Support of Parents of Childeren with Pervasive Development Disorder

The aim of this study is to examine the factors effecting grief, marital adjustment and social support and relationship between grief, marital adjustment and social support of the parents of children with pervasive development disorder. Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Dyadic Adjustment Scale and Personal Information Form which was developed by the researcher were used for this purpose. The sample of the study consists of 103 parents of the children between 3 and 18 years old with PDD. The results showed that the grief, marital adjustment and social support differentiated among the demographic variables. The variables that predict the grief of the parents of the children with PDD in a negative way are sexuality, education, duration of marriage, social support of significant other, social support of friend and dyadic cohesion. The variables that predict the grief in positive way are sexuality, education, duration after diagnosis and dyadic satisfaction.