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Year :2014
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Category :Studies and Researches
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Issuer :International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education
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Language :English
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the level of stress among the parents of children with learning disabilities (LD) primary schools in the district of Tanjong Malim in the state of Perak.. The data were solicited from Parental Stress Scale. The findings have shown that parents of girls with disabilities was associated with higher stress. Parents engaged in more lucrative and prestigious occupations had more stress than parents engaged in less prestigious and lucrative occupations irrespective of their income. The findings also showed there is no significant different in term of stress between the different ethnic groups (Malays, Chinese and Indian) and religious group (Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Hindus) in Malaysia. Furthermore, religion was found to be a common coping resource used by the parents. This study implies that there are critical roles for parents in coping their emotional stress. Apart from this, all parties especially the government agencies such Special Education Department, Department of Social Welfare and etc should formulate programs to help the parents by providing services such counseling, interpersonal skills and early intervention.