Parenting Stress and Hypertension in Parents of Mental Retardation Children

Parents with mental retardation children experience higher parenting stress than parents with other types of disability. Differences in responses to stressors indicate a level of parenting stress that is influenced by the characteristics of children, family, parents, and the environment. Parenting stress that is not managed and occurs in a long time can cause physical disorders of hypertension. The purpose of this study was to describe the parenting stress and the incidence of hypertension in the parents of children with mental retardation aged 12-15 years. This research is a descriptive research with quantitative approach. The sample of this study was the father and mother of mental retardation students aged 12-15 years of 59 respondents who met the criteria of inclusion and exclusion. The result of this research is most of the hypertension respondent have high parenting stress level of 53,6% in fathers and