Parenting Stress in Families with Hearing Impaired Children in New Delhi: Implications for Counseling

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the level of parenting stress in families with hearing impaired children based on gender and location of parents. Descriptive research design was adopted in the study and a sample size of 120 parents who met the inclusion criteria for the study was purposively selected from the special schools in New Delhi. Parenting stress questionnaire was used for data collection while descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation and t-test was used to analyze the data collected in the study. Findings revealed that parenting stress level of families with hearing impaired children is high and do not significantly differ based on gender and home location. In view of the findings, the researchers concluded that parents should be given adequate educational, vocational and personal-social counseling to enable them provide adequate support to their hearing impaired children.