Styles and strategies of coping in difficult situations and life satisfaction of mothers and fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder

Abstract

Disability puts the child's parents and the whole family system in a difficult situation. It is associated with the reorganization of the current functioning of the family, division of duties, free time and social activity. The article presents a study on the relationship between styles and strategies of coping with difficult situations and a sense of satisfaction with life in the parents of children with autism spectrum disorders. Only in the group of examined mothers the hypothesis has been partially confirmed in which it was found that there is a relationship between the applied styles and strategies of coping with stress and their life satisfaction. In this group, dispositional and situational action focused on emotions, acceptance of the problem and concentration on it had significant on the shaping of life satisfaction. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the experienced difficulties of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders, styles and strategies of counseling and life satisfaction, these analyzes can be treated as valuable enough to undertake further ventures within the presented issues.