TY  - JOUR
T1  - Parent’s Acceptance: Humanoid-Robot Intervention for
Malay Autistic Children
AU - Mokhsin, Mudiana AU - Azhar, Ummi Ruqaiyah Mohd AU - Aziz, Azhar Abdul AU - Halim, Hamizan Abdul AU - Ahmad, Nor Diana AU - Kamarulzama, Umaimah AU - Ismail, Afiza 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SP  - 813
EP  - 819
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.813.819
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.813.819
KW  - Parents
KW  -acceptance
KW  -autism
KW  -humanoid-robot
KW  -autistic children
KW  -conceptual model
AB  - Past studies have shown the related research on the acceptance of direct interaction among autistic
children and teachers with humanoid-robot on how they accept or not if humanoid-robot is used in the
therapeutic sessions. Humanoid robot is used as a mediator without neglecting the involvement of therapists
because autistic children are found to be more attracted to respond to the technology rather than to human.
The issue arises when there is lack of information on the parental acceptance and which factors influence their
approval in accepting humanoid-robot use in their child’s therapy. This study represents an identification of
criteria that affect parent’s acceptance if humanoid-robot intervention is used in therapeutic sessions. The
finding is then need to produce a conceptual model of parent’s acceptance towards humanoid-robot
intervention in therapeutic sessions. This research was held in Seksyen 7, Shah Alam by approaching Malay
parents who have autistic children within ages 2-9 years old. The research has used Snowball sampling and
quantitative method was applied by distributing the questionnaires to 43 parents. It contains 13 questions
excluding the demographic profile of the respondents. A theoretical framework of parental acceptance proposed
from past research was also adapted and modified in this study. The results of multiple linear regressions stated
that learning opportunities and subjective norm were the criteria that affects the parental acceptance with
significant value of 0.033 and 0.049, respectively. It brings significance to the robot system developer in making
enhancement to the current robot system for autistic children.
ER  -