Mediating role of Resilience in Life Satisfaction and Mental Wellbeing: Parental Study with at least one Child Diagnosed with ASD

Abstract

The current study aimed at to find out the mediating role of Resilience in life satisfaction, mental wellbeing, and resilience in parents with at least one child diagnosed with ASD. According to the study, parents' quality of life is negatively affected by autism, a neuro developmental illness, which places a significant emotional, psychological, and financial stress on them. Taking advantage of a cohort research design, data were collected from 200 parents of autistic children from Autism Centers in Multan City, Pakistan using tools such as Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), and the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Statistical analysis on collected data revealed that resilience played a meditational role between life satisfaction and Mental Wellbeing. Parents raising female autistic child exhibited less life satisfaction, mental wellbeing and resilience as compared to parents with male autistic child. Study also highlighted male parents revealed more life satisfaction and mental well-being than female parents while female parents showed more resilience than their counterparts.