Study On The Status Quo And Influencing Factors Of Parenting Burnout Of Parents Of Autistic Children

April 2,2023 is the 16 th World Autism Day.This year’s theme is "Caring for autistic children,caring for and supporting caregivers and professionals of autistic people".Compared with parents of ordinary children,parents of autistic children face more serious mental health problems such as stress,anxiety and depression,and have a higher level of parenting burnout.How to prevent and alleviate parenting burnout of parents of autistic children needs more attention and research.This study mainly uses questionnaire survey,interview and observation to collect the data of parenting burnout of parents of autistic children.The respondents were mainly parents of autistic children in Shijiazhuang and Huaibei,and 128 questionnaires were collected.Combined with the interview results of parents and teachers,the deep-seated reasons of parental rearing burnout were deeply analyzed.The results show that the overall parental rearing burnout is divided into 3.617 points,which is in the middle-upper level,and the role exhaustion is the highest in all dimensions;Self-contrast and emotional alienation are the second,and boredom is the lowest;There are significant differences between children’s different abnormal behaviors,different emotional problems,different language skills and different communication skills and parental rearing burnout;There are differences between children’s only child,different emotional behaviors,different language skills,different communication skills,different family structures and role failure;There are significant differences between children’s gender differences,different emotional problems,different communication skills and self-contrast;There are significant differences between children’s different emotional problems and boredom;There are significant differences between different abnormal behaviors,different emotional problems,different assistance situations and emotional alienation.The main factors affecting parents’ parenting burnout are the particularity of children and the lack of funds;Professional support ranks first among the support parents expect;The main ways to alleviate parental rearing burnout are one-on-one communication and setting up training courses for parents with autism.The study analyzes the influencing factors from three aspects: parents,special education institutions and society.From the aspect of parents,parents’ knowledge reserve,family members’ support and parents’ high expectations are the main influencing factors leading to parenting burnout;From the aspect of special education institutions,the support of special education institutions for family education,the quality of parents’ placement services and the teachers in special education institutions will affect the level of parenting burnout;From the social aspect,the implementation of relevant policies and the orientation of public opinion will also have an impact on parenting burnout.On the basis of finding out the influencing factors,this paper puts forward some strategies to alleviate parents’ parenting burnout from three aspects: for parents,improve their cognitive level and broaden their knowledge horizons;Family members form a joint force to raise together;Face up to your anxiety and keep reasonable expectations;For special education institutions,provide strong professional support for family education;Provide comprehensive placement services for parents;Improve the teaching level of special education teachers;For society,government departments formulate and improve relevant laws and regulations;Strengthen the positive publicity for autistic children and their families.