Internalization of stigma among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Nigeria: a mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) has uniquely stigmatizing aspects because children with ASD have no physical markers of their condition. Parents are usually blamed and judgment from others is often internalized (felt stigma).

Aim

This study was conducted to determine knowledge about ASD, negative experiences (enacted stigma), internalization of stigma (felt or self stigma) and its correlates among parents of children with ASD in Lagos, Nigeria.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of 230 parents in Lagos, Nigeria employing mixed-method data collection methods. Quantitative data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire and analyzed with Epi- Info™ version 7.0 statistical package. Data were summarized with proportions, mean

SUBMITTER: Oduyemi AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8607563 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature