الضغوط النفسية وعلاقتها باستراتيجيات المواجهة لدى عينة من أولياء أمور المعاقين عقليا ــ بمدينة زليتن

Abstract

The study aims to identify the relationship between psychological stress and coping strategies among a sample of parents of the mentally disabled in the city of Zliten, and to identify the level of psychological stress among a sample of parents of the mentally disabled in the city of Zliten, as well as to detect the nature of the differences in the psychological stress questionnaire according to the variable (gender, degree of disability, and age), and to detect the type of strategies in coping with psychological stress according to the variable of educational level. The study questions covered the objectives mentioned above, and the study used the descriptive correlational approach. The study sample consisted of (62) parents of the mentally disabled whose children are enrolled in the Center for Mental Abilities and Refif Al-Aqlam in the city of Zliten. The study relied on the psychological stress questionnaire and coping strategies prepared by Al-Jabali (2011-2012). The most important results were the presence of a negative relationship between psychological pressures and the type of strategies for coping with pressures at a significance level of (0.05), and the presence of a high level at a statistical significance level of (0.05) in all axes of psychological pressures, and the absence of statistically significant differences at a level of (0.05) in pressures according to the gender variable, and the presence of statistically significant differences at (0.05) in the type of strategies for coping with psychological pressures in the following dimensions: planning, acceptance, and withdrawal at a significance level of (0.05). As for the dimensions represented by seeking information, denial, and self-blame, they were not statistically significant.