Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Education Sciences, Payame Noor University, tehran, iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Education Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Education Sciences, Payame Noor University, tehran, iran.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between negative emotions, metacognitive beliefs and self-care of parents with children with mental disabilities in Kermanin the academic year 2023-2024. This research was descriptive and correlational. The study population included all parents with mentally retarded children in Kerman that among them, a sample of 160 people (parents) were selected by Available. The negative emotions questionnaire (taken from Panas positive and negative emotion questionnaire), Wells Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaire (1997) and World Health Organization Self-Care Questionnaire (2016) were used to collect data. Collected data were analyzed at two levels of descriptive (frequency, mean, standard deviation, etc.) and inferential (Pearson correlation, simultaneous regression and stepwise) using SPSS software. Findings showed that negative emotions have a positive and significant relationship with metacognitive beliefs and a negative and significant relationship with self-care. Also, the results of Pearson correlation showed that there is a significant negative relationship between metacognitive beliefs and self-care. The results of stepwise regression also showed that negative emotions and metacognitive beliefs are negatively and significantly able to predict self-care in parents with mentally retarded children. Therefore, it is possible to increase self-care in parents with mentally retarded children by reducing negative emotions and also by using appropriate metacognitive therapies.
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