Zihinsel Engelli Çocuğa Sahip Annelerin Stresle Baş Etme Yöntemlerinin Değerlendirilmesi

This descriptive research was carried out to the aim of evaluation of the coping with stres methods of mothers who have disabled children and living in city centers of Zonguldak. The study population consisted of 210 mothers of disabled children attending to the three rehabilitation center in city center of Zonguldak. During the research 178 mothers (84.8%) were reached. As data collection tools, sociodemographic variables prepared by researchers, Descriptive Information Form containing thoughts about having disabled child and Scale of the Ways to Cope with Stress were used. Numbers, percentages, Kruskall-Wallis variance analysis, Student t test, Mann- Whitney U test were used to evaluate the data. About her disabled child, 62.4 % (n=111) of the mothers stated that they were troubled with point of view of the society, 52.8 % (n=94) of them stated that they had difficulty in communicating with their social surroundings, 40.4 % (n=72) of them stated that they felt guilty for her child’s disability, 83.1 % (n=148) of them stated that they had difficulties in the child’s treatment and 43.8% (n=78) of them stated that they weren’t supported by their social surroundings. The mean scores of Coping Ways of Stres Scale in mothers are as follows; self-confident approach 23.4±4.4, helpless approach 18.8±5.5, submissive attitudes 13.6±4.1, optimistic attitudes 15.4±2.9 and seeking social support 11.1±2.6. The families with disabled children need to be examined closely psychologically and privided psychosocial support when it is needed.