Differences in mental alertness, emotional regulation strategies, and psychological Hardship According to the type of mental developmental disorder Among Mothers

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1 Faculty of Arts - Department of Psychology - Fayoum University

2 أستاذ علم النفس - كلية الآداب – جامعة الفيوم

3 أستاذ علم النفس المساعد - كلية الآداب – جامعة الفيوم

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The current study aimed to find out the differences in mental alertness, emotional regulation strategies and psychological hardship among mothers of children with mental development disorder according to the type of disorder (down, cerebral palsy, large brain size), and to reveal the nature of the correlation between mental alertness Strategies for emotional regulation and psychological hardship in mothers of children with mental development disorder according to each disorder. The study sample consisted of (50) mothers of children with mental development disorder aged between (23-34) years, with an average age of (28.50). The mental alertness scale prepared by Pierre et al., 2006 and Translated by (Beheiry et al., 2013), the scale of emotional regulation strategies prepared by Jarnevsky et al., 2011 and translation (Salama, 2023), the psychological hardship scale prepared by (the researcher), and the demographic data form prepared by (the researcher). The psychometric properties of the instruments have been verified, The results resulted in: There were statistically significant differences in mental alertness, emotional regulation strategies and psychological hardship according to the type of mental development disorder in mothers. The significance of the correlation coefficients between mental alertness and psychological hardship varied, Positive and negative emotional regulation strategies according to the type of mental development disorder (Down, cerebral palsy, brain size) in favor of mothers of children with Down syndrome.
 

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