Analysing the relation between the people with autism's mothers' just world belief and their perception of family burden

This research had made to reveal the relation between the perceived family burden by autistic individuals' mothers and their just world belief. The research was carried out 3 school that provide training to person with autism in Izmir. 274 mother (who has a child with autism) attended to research. In the study, family burden perception of mother's of person with autism measured by "Family Burden Assessment Scale", general belief in a just world measured by "General Just World Belief Scale". The personel information was collected by using "Personel Information Form" which was developed by the researcher. In order to reveal the relation between autistic individual's mothers' perception of family burden and just world belief, "Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Analysis" was applied. When the findings of the research are examined; It is concluded that there is a negative and statistically significant relation between family burden and general just world belief. It is concluded that there is a negative and statistically significant relation between general world belief and sub-dimensions of family burden as economic burden, perception of deficiency, pyhsical burden and emotinal burden. It is concluded that there is no statistically significant relation between general world belief and sub-dimensions of family burden as social burden and time requirement. The findings were discussed and interpreted based on the related literature. In addition, some suggestions were presented to the practitioners and researchers. Keywords: Autism, Family Burden, Just World Belief