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Background & Aim: After diagnosing a injury in children, their families often experience feelings such as
shock, confusion, anger, depression, hopelessness, guilt, rejection, embarrassment, feelings of helplessness,
and loneliness. The aim of this study was to compare the mindfulness and psychological hardiness of mothers
of blind and deaf children aged 7-12 years in Khorramabad.
Materials & Methods: The method of this research was descriptive comparative causal. The statistical
population of this study included all mothers with 7-12 years old blind and deaf children in Khorramabad in
1400. From the statistical population, 50 mothers with blind children and 50 mothers with deaf children were
selected as the research sample by available sampling method. In order to collect research data, Brown and
Ryan (2003) Mindfulness Scale and Long and Golett (2003) Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire were
used. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to analyze the research data.
Results: The results of the analysis of research data showed that mothers of blind children have more
awareness and psychological stubbornness than mothers of deaf children.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it can be said that the existence of a deaf child may
be associated with psychological problems such as low mindfulness and psychological hardiness in their
mothers.
Type of Study:
Original Article |
Subject:
Hearing Impaired Received: 2021/Dec/Mon | Revised: 2022/Aug/Wed | Accepted: 2022/Mar/Wed | Published: 2022/Aug/Wed | ePublished: 2022/Aug/Wed
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