Evaluation of Coping Strategies with Stress of Parents Who Have Mentally Disabled Children in Northern Cyprus

Autor/inn/en	Atasoy, Ramazan; Sevim, Cengiz
Titel	Evaluation of Coping Strategies with Stress of Parents Who Have Mentally Disabled Children in Northern Cyprus
Quelle	In: Universal Journal of Educational Research, 6 (2018) 6, S.1129-1140 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-3205
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parents; Coping; Intellectual Disability; Special Schools; Educational Quality; Social Attitudes; Parent Education; Educational Needs; Individual Characteristics; Barriers; Siblings; Accessibility (for Disabled); Mental Health; Economic Factors; Health Needs; Stress Variables; Behavior Modification; Semi Structured Interviews; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Eltern; Bewältigung; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Special school; Sonderschule; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sibling; Geschwister; Accessibility; Zugänglichkeit; Psychohygiene; Ökonomischer Faktor; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Zypern
Abstract	In this research, it is aimed to determine the problems that are faced by parents who have mentally disabled children and evaluate coping strategies of them. Interview technique is performed in this study which is designed in qualitative model. Study group which was determined by purposeful sampling method is consisted from the parents of mentally disabled children who are studying in private education centres in TRNC. Data are evaluated by content analysis. According to the findings in this research, the problems of parents which they faced are determined as related with each other that are educational, physical, psychological, sociological, economical and also health care problems and problems with siblings. It is found that parents are focused especially on educational problems. According to the results that emerged in the research, educational problems are accumulated in two categories as problems related with the quality of education given to children and acceptance of children in educational environment, and the problems on the need for training of parents. It is determined in this research that increasing educational and consciousness level of parents has more efficiency for coping with stress. Also, it is found that parents use emotional-focused coping strategies for struggle with mental disability which is the main source of stress, but they prefer problem-focused coping strategies for struggling with external problems that cause increasing the stress. It is suggested that qualified and continuous educational service for both mentally disabled children and their parents could direct them to problem-focused coping strategies instead of emotional-focused coping strategies. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01