• S.Aravind kumar
• Dr Smitha ruckmani

STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AMONG MOTHERS OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED SUBJECT ABSTRACT Basically, birth of a baby in family to make the parents feel excited and wonderful but these feelings turn into dis appointment when they come to know about the disability of their newly born. Studied shows child disability provoking negative impact on the entire family have dominated much of the research done during the past three decades. Present study assesses the stress, anxiety and depression in mothers of intellectually disabled subject. 90 mothers of intellectually disabled subject formed the sample of this study. And the sample was equally divided in to three categories according to the age of intellectually disabled subject. In each group consist of Mothers of male intellectually disabled subject 15 and Mothers of Female intellectually disabled subject 15. The study was conducted in the outpatient department of clinical psychology, Institute of Mental Health, Navajothi trust and parivalaya special school for mentally retarded. mothers who met inclusion criteria were included in the study. Tools were used in Demographics sheet and Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21), t-test and ANOVA were used for data analysis. The results indicate that there is no difference of stress in mothers of different age groups and gender of intellectually disabled subject. In anxiety and depression there is a significant difference among mothers of different age groups of intellectually disabled subject. And there are no significant differences present in male and female mothers of intellectually disabled subjects.

Key words: STRESS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

"Stress anxiety and depression among mother of intellectual disabled subject ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.d125-d161, February-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402319.pdf

"Stress anxiety and depression among mother of intellectual disabled subject ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no. ppd125-d161, February-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402319.pdf