Parental Stress in Parents of Children with Disabilities Exposed to Violence: A Systematic Review

Abstract

The present systematic review study aimed to analyze the relationships of parental stress in parents of children with disabilities exposed to violence. International articles were analyzed since no national articles were found, their analysis had the PRISMA methodology supported with 3 scientific databases: Scielo, PubMed and Scopus. The research analyzed came from the health sciences and psychology. We found 12 studies that met the inclusion criteria, noting that the most studied population are the mothers of children with  autism spectrum disorder, but the most relevant studies were with parents of children with  behavioral difficulties. The results obtained found a directly proportional relationship between parental stress of parents with children with disabilities and child violence, and the most used instrument is the Pareting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF), having as an observation that it is not valid for the population of parents with children with autism. The study opens the  possibility of continuing to study this relationship by designing prevention and promotion programs in the field of mental health, both to promote the physical and psychological well-being of parents and the fulfillment of the rights of their children with disabilities.