Volume 3 | Issue 4
Volume 3 | Issue 4
Volume 3 | Issue 4
Volume 3 | Issue 4
Volume 3 | Issue 4
This study aimed to assess the level of parental stress among fathers and mothers of children with intellectual disabilities and to examine differences in parental stress according to parent gender, geographic location (Tlemcen vs. Skikda), and educational level (secondary vs. university). A comparative descriptive design was adopted. Data were collected in March 2022 from a convenience sample of 35 parents (14 fathers and 21 mothers) using the Parental Stress Scale (Berry & Jones, 1995), in the version whose factor structure was re-examined and adapted to the Algerian context by Hamoudi and Kharbach (2018). Results showed that parental stress was moderate for 77.1% of the participants and high for 22.9%, with no participant at a low level. Independent-samples t tests revealed no statistically significant differences in parental stress by gender (t(33) = 0.108, p = .91), geographic location (t(33) = −0.891, p = .379), or educational level (t(33) = −0.818, p = .419); effect sizes were small (Cohen’s d = 0.04–0.30). Because of the small sample and limited statistical power, these nonsignificant results should not be interpreted as evidence of no difference in the population. The findings are discussed in light of these limitations, and recommendations are made for parent counseling and support programs and for future research with larger samples.