Comparison of life satisfaction and hoping in mothers of children with special learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders and normal

Kiani, Azam; Mohammadi, Gelavizh; Hasanzadeh, Mehrdad; Mohsen Loo, Fariba; Poor Rahmani, Parvaneh

doi:10.22098/jhrs.2022.10720.1055

Comparison of life satisfaction and hoping in mothers of children with special learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders and normal

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ MSc. Clinical Psychology, Azad University, Ahvaz Research Sciences Branch, Ahvaz, Iran.

² Ph.D. Student in Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

³ MSc General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Payame Noor University of Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran

⁴ MSc. Exceptional Children Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

⁵ MSc. Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University, Kermanshah Research Sciences Branch, Kermanshah, Iran

10.22098/jhrs.2022.10720.1055

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the life satisfaction and hoping in mothers of children with special learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and normal.
Methods: The present research method was causal-comparative. The statistical population of was mothers of fifth and sixth-grade children in the north of Tehran, whose children, according to expert diagnosis, had a special learning disability and autism spectrum disorder, and mothers were selected from a normal group too. Finally, the sample of 90 people (30 people in each group) was selected by non-probabilistic and purposeful sampling method. The tools used were Snyder's Hoping Scale and Huebner's Life Satisfaction Multidimensional Scale.
Results: The results showed that the mean score of hoping in mothers with autistic children was lower than that of mothers with disability and normal children (p<0.01), and the mean life satisfaction score of mothers with normal children was higher than that of mothers with autism children (p<0.01). Also, the mean score of hoping and life satisfaction of mothers with specific learning disability children was more than mothers with autism children (p<0.01).
Conclusion: The relatively low level of hoping and life satisfaction in mothers of children with autism spectrum need more attention and arrangements which is very important for their psycho-social empowerment

Keywords

20.1001.1.2980938.2022.2.5.6.3

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