Parental Attitudes and the Attitude to Energy Saving among Young People with ASD

Anna Gagat-Matuła, Bożena Frączek and Anna Dewalska-Opitek
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Anna Gagat-Matuła: Faculty of Education and Psychology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Cracow, Poland
Bożena Frączek: Department of Banking and Financial Markets, College of Finance, University of Economics in Katowice, 1 Maja 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland
Anna Dewalska-Opitek: Department of Organisational Relationship Management, College of Information and Communication, University of Economics in Katowice, 1 Maja 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the association between parental attitudes and saving energy in the perception of young people with autism spectrum (13–17 years old). The character of studies was pilot. The diagnostic survey method was used, along with The Scale of Parental Attitudes by M. Plopa and an authored survey questionnaire. Deliberate random sampling was applied. Statistical analysis showed that an attitude towards autonomy manifested by mothers, as well as an attitude of acceptance in mothers and fathers, turned out to be significant in adolescents with ASD showing a positive attitude towards energy saving, and these correlations were positive, strong and statistically significant. An overly protective attitude of mothers turned out to be significant in shaping a negative attitude towards energy saving among adolescents with ASD with a significant, positive moderate correlation. Regression analysis showed that the perception of the father’s parental attitude as accepting was a statistically significant predictor of a positive attitude towards energy saving, and that the perception of the mother’s parental attitude as demanding and overly protective was a statistically significant predictor of a negative attitude to energy saving. The achieved results acquire an additional aspect, i.e., a financial dimension in the household budget.

Keywords: saving energy; parenting attitudes; autism spectrum disorder; finance of households (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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