Evaluating the social adjustment of mothers of educable mentally retarded children and comparing it with the social adjustment of mothers of normal children مقاله

چکیده:

The family is a social system in which a disorder in any of its components and members disrupts the entire system, and this disrupted system, in turn, exacerbates the disorders related to the members and creates new problems. With this perspective, the disability of one of the children often leaves a negative impact on the entire family, its various functions, and each individual member. In other words, a child's disability in the family prevents the family from being able to perform its conventional functions in a desirable manner. The aim of this research is to evaluate the social adjustment of mothers of educable mentally retarded children and compare it with the social adjustment of mothers of normal children in the city of Yasuj. The target population in this research consists of mothers of educable mentally retarded children in special schools in the city of Yasuj and mothers of normal children attending middle schools. The research sample includes 80 people, consisting of 40 mothers of mentally retarded students in special schools and 40 mothers of normal students attending regular schools. The results of this study show that in the dimensions of daily tasks, social and extracurricular activities, kinship relations, marital relations, parental relations, family relations, and economic status, the adjustment score of mothers of mentally retarded children was higher than that of mothers of normal children, which meant that mothers of mentally retarded children possessed less adjustment.