The Role of Spiritual Attitude in Child-Rearing in Predicting the Psychological Hardiness of Mothers with Handicapped Children مقاله

Objectives: Providing care to children who have disability is often a stressful experience, yet spiritual beliefs may help mothers to be patient, tolerant and hard in coping with child-rearing difficulties. This study examined the relationship between the spiritual attitudes of mothers of handicapped children to child-rearing and psychological hardiness.Methods: In a descriptive correlational study, 120 mothers of handicapped children who were referred to the rehabilitation clinics of the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (Rofeideh, Akhavan and Sina clinics) were selected through purposeful sampling and answered the Sanctification of Parents Scale (SPS), and Personal Views Survey (PVS). Data were analyzed by SPSS-20 software and statistical procedures including Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis were used.Results: Results showed that spiritual attitudes to child-rearing are significant predictors of hardiness in mothers.Discussion: It seems like having spiritual attitudes in difficult situations such as providing care for disabled children plays a significant role in mother’s patience and hardiness.

Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 2, Summer 2015 Original Article The Role of Spiritual Attitude in Child-Rearing in Predicting the Psychological Hardiness of Mothers with Handicapped Children Bahman Bahmani; Mohammad Ebrahimi* University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sceiences,Tehran, Iran Mohammad Sajjad Seyadi Kharazmi University, Karaj, Iran Zahra Rahimi; Maedeh Naghiyaee University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sceiences,Tehran, Iran Objectives: Providing care to children who have disability is often a stressful experience, yet spiritual beliefs may help mothers to be patient, tolerant and hard in coping with child-rearing difficulties. The question of interest for this research thus became "What role do spiritual attitudes play in the psychological hardiness of mothers of handicapped children?" Methods In a correlational study, 60 mothers of handicapped children who were referred to rehabilitation clinics of the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in Tehran (Sina, Akhavan, Rofeideh clinics) were selected through purposeful sampling and answered the Sanctification of Parents Scale (14) which measures spirituality, and the Personal Views Survey Questionnaire to assess hardiness. These findings are in agreement with the findings of Dollahite, Marks and Olson (18), Tarakeshwar and Pargament (19), skinner et al (20), treloar (21) Miltiades and Pruchno (22) Marshall (23), Denise, Poston and Turnbull (11), Haimour and Abu-Hawwash (24) who also reported that spirituality and religion are important sources of strength when adjusting to disability-related problems in mothers of children with disabilities.