Examination of Experimental Postgraduate Theses in Turkey with Parents of Children with Autism

The aim of this study is to examine the experimental postgraduate theses conducted in Turkey with parents of children with autism in terms of publication year, keywords, thesis type, method, sample, variables considered together, and the institute/department in which they were conducted. The study was designed in the case study design, which is one of the qualitative research designs. The population of the study is the postgraduate theses conducted with parents of children with autism between 2011-2021. Document analysis was used to collect the data. Document analysis is an examination method defined as collecting, reviewing, reinterpreting and questioning primary research data. Content analysis technique was used in data analysis. As a result, it is seen that there are not many studies with groups of infants with autism and their families and there are no systematic studies that gather them all together. For this reason, it may be recommended to conduct studies on infancy periods