Document Type : Research Paper
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Mohaghegh University
Abstract
This study was performed aimed to investigate the role of worry, hope and meaning of life in predicting mental health of mothers whose children were mentally disabled. The study method was descriptive and correlational. all the mothers with mental-disabled children under rehabilitation centers of welfare organization in the city of Ardabil in 2015-2016 formed the population of this study that Among them using available sampling method, 130 mothers were selected and responded to Pennsylvania worry questionnaire, Schneider adult hope questionnaire, Grumbaugh and Maholick purpose in life questionnaire and Goldberg and Hiller general health questionnaire. To analyze the data, tests of Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used. Results showed that there is a negative significant relationship between worry and its components with mental health of mothers with mental-disabled children and also there is a positive significant relationship between hope and meaning of life with mental health of mothers whose children were mentally disabled (p<0.01). Also, Results of regression analysis revealed that 0.58 percent of the total mental health variance of women with mental- disabled children was predictable based on variables of worry, hope and meaning of life. Therefore, it can be concluded that the worry, hope and meaning of life are the related variables with the mental health of mothers whose children were mentally disabled. So it can be concluded that worry, hope and meaning of life are the variables that associated with mental health of mothers whose children were mentally disabled which need planning.
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