RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY SUPPORT AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE OF MOTHERS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN TREATED

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Nehru Nugroho Nursing Department, Health Polytechnic Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia
Andra Saferi Nursing Department, Health Polytechnic Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract
Acceptance of parents, especially mothers in healing children with autism is very important. Mothers as parents of children with autism play an important role in knowing the child's development. When self-acceptance is low, mothers of autistic children need support from their families so that self-acceptance is good. Knowing the Relationship between Family Support and the self-acceptance of mothers of autistic children who are treated at the Bengkulu Autism Center. This type of research is a descriptive correlation study with a cross sectional approach. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between family support and self-acceptance of mothers of autistic children who were treated at the Bengkulu Autism Center.
The results of this study showed that most of the 14 (70.0%) family support was in good category. Most of the 17 (85%) self-acceptance of mothers were in the Positive category from mothers of autistic children who received therapy at the Autism Clinic Center Bengkulu. There is a relationship between family support and the self-acceptance of mothers from autistic children who are treated at the Bengkulu Autism Center. recognize the importance of family support for self-acceptance of mothers of children with autism.
Keywords: Acceptance, Support, Autism