Document Type : Research Paper
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assistant professor
Abstract
This study examined the attachment to God and resiliency among mothers of normal and intellectual disability children. Ex post facto (correlational) design was used. In the same vein, to gathering data in school of regular and special education needs, clustering sampling was used. After excluding incomplete questionnaires, 92 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities and 94 mothers of children with normal were selected to analysis of data. The Hotelling's index revealed significant difference in all of aspects include (avoidance attachment, secure attachment, anxious attachment to God and resiliency) between two groups. In multiple regression model, The Stepwise method, have predicted the relationship between secure attachment to God with resiliency among mothers of normal children and avoidance attachment to God with decreased resiliency among mothers of intellectual disabilities as well. The results show that the type of attachment to God can be predicts the resiliency in the face of the challenges of life.
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