| Issue |
SHS Web Conf.
Volume 224, 2025
4th International Conference of Applied Psychology on Humanity (ICAP-H 2025)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 08012 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Clinical Psychology and Mental Health | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202522408012 | |
| Published online | 05 November 2025 | |
Self-acceptance and parenting stress in parents of children with down syndrome
Faculty of Psychology, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia
* Corresponding author: udi@umm.ac.id
Parents of children with Down syndrome face complex caregiving challenges that often lead to significant psychological distress. This study aimed to examine the relationship between self-acceptance and parenting stress among parents of children with Down syndrome. A quantitative correlational approach was employed, involving 106 parents selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using self-acceptance and parenting stress scales, administered both online through social media platforms and offline through direct visits to parents’ homes. Pearson Product-Moment correlation analysis revealed a significant negative relationship between self-acceptance and parenting stress (p < 0.001; r = –0.463), indicating that higher levels of self-acceptance are associated with lower levels of parenting stress. These findings suggest that positive self-acceptance may serve as a protective factor against parenting stress.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2025
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.