Psychological resilience for teachers of adolescents with intellectual disability and Autism spectrum

Suhaila Mahmoud Banat

doi:10.18844/gjhss.v3i1.1767

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of psychological resilience among teachers of intellectual disability adolescents and adolescents with autism disordered. The sample of the study consisted of (67) male and female teachers working in special education centers with intellectual disability adolescents and adolescents with autism disordered in Amman the capital of Jordan. Researchers had developed the Psychological resilience scale, which was administrated on the participants after computing stability and validity. The results indicated that the level of psychological resilience was moderate among teachers of intellectual disability adolescents, while it was high among teachers of adolescents with autism disorder. Also the results revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the level of psychological resilience differences due to the gender of the teacher.Keywords: Psychological resilience, adolescents, intellectual disability, autism spectrum.

Highlights

Psychological resilience is a relatively modern concept which has earned the attention of researchers in psychological studies
What is the level of psychological resilience for teachers of adolescents with intellectual disability?
The first question: What is the level of psychological resilience for teachers of adolescents with autism spectrum?

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Introduction

Psychological resilience is a relatively modern concept which has earned the attention of researchers in psychological studies. Kobasa was the first to use the concept of psychological resilience in 1979 (Othman, 2001). It is a general belief in one’s effectiveness and ability to use psychological and environmental resources available in order to effectively realize and explain stressful life events" (AlHajjar, Dokan, 2006). Kobasa (1983) indicates that stressful events evoke the nervous system and cause chronic stress, which exhaust the individual and lead him to physical diseases and psychological disorders. The role of psychological resilience is reducing the severity of this process through multiple ways including: Reducing the perception of events as severe and sharp. Using effective confrontation methods or transferring the individual from one state to another

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