Depressive tendencies in autistic child mother

Abstract

This article was made to study the possibility of appearance depressive tendencies in 25 mothers of autistic children in five specialized centers located in the center of Algiers, This group was intentionally chosen, adopting to the descriptive method using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI - 2) in addition to a questionnaire to determine the characteristics of Study group. Among the results obtained, the majority of mothers of autistic children who participated in the study are characterized by depressive traits with high degrees of 66 and more. They have a higher possibility of developing a depressive disorder according to the (IR) index, and we also found that, the more severe the symptoms of autism in a child, the more depressed the mother will be. Other strong associations have also emerged between the degree of autism and the emergence of other psychopathological traits.