Abstract
The paper presents the results of an empirical study of the viability, hardiness and life satisfaction index of parents raising children with disabilities in Khabarovsk city, Russian Federation. According to the results of the study, parents who raise children with disabilities show deteriorated performance on all tests. As a result of the analysis on the viability tests and the “life satisfaction index”, statistically significant differences were revealed between the two groups of the sample; on the hardiness test, such differences were shown only on one of the scales. It was found that viability for parents of children with disabilities is not a full resource. The study confirmed the key role of the indicator “meaningfulness of life” as a “vertical” factor of viability. According to the data obtained using the “Life satisfaction index” test, the most powerful influence on the value of the life satisfaction index of parents raising children with disabilities is provided by indicators of consistency between goals set and achieved and the general mood background. In addition, these indicators also strongly correlate with each other. The results of the study showed that both groups of parents who participated in the study demonstrated sufficient ability to withstand a stressful situation. Parents raising children with disabilities have a low value of the indicator “control” as an emotional and volitional element of the scale.
Highlights
Viability is a rather complex and multi-faceted psychological phenomenon, there are a large number of different definitions of this phenomenon, its key correlates and characteristics
Describing the obtained indicators for the conducted tests we can note the following: – parents raising children with disabilities show deteriorated performance on all tests; – as a result of the analysis on the viability tests and the “life satisfaction index”, statistically significant differences were revealed between the two groups of the sample; on the hardness test, such differences were shown only on one of the scales; – according to the viability test of E
It can be concluded that resilience for parents of children with disabilities is not a full resource, there is a weak or even absent relationship between resilience and components. This confirms the key role of the indicator “meaningfulness of life” as a “vertical” factor of resilience; – according to the “Life satisfaction index” test, the most powerful influence on the index value for parents raising children with disabilities is provided by indicators of consistency between goals set and achieved and the general mood background
Summary
Viability (resilience) is a rather complex and multi-faceted psychological phenomenon, there are a large number of different definitions of this phenomenon, its key correlates and characteristics. Viability has been studied by Russian scientists: Vasilyeva S. [3, 4, 5, 6], and by foreign scientists: Brigid Daniel etc. We can conclude that there is no single measurement scale that is suitable for all research purposes of measuring resilience and cannot exist.
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