Problems with people with special mental capabilities as perceived by mothers and their relationship to family pressures

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Abstract

The research goal: Studying the relationship between the problems of people with special abilities as perceived by mothers with their three dimensions (physical - psychological - social) and family pressures with its three dimensions (economic - social – psychological)
The sample: The study sample included (50) of the mothers who have children with special capabilities mentally and capable of training and whose intelligence degree ranges (25-55) and they were chosen in an intentional purpose from the countryside and attended the Menoufia Governorate from different educational and economic levels.
The research tools: (Preparing by the researcher) from the general data form for the family and the child, a questionnaire for mothers' awareness of the problems of their children with special capabilities in their dimensions, and a questionnaire for family pressures in their dimensions.
Search results:

There is a positive correlation at the significance level of 0.05 between the total problems of people with mental disabilities and the total family pressures.
There is a positive correlation at the significance level of 0.05 between the physical dimension of problems with special mental capabilities and the psychological dimension of family pressures.
There is a positive correlation at the level of significance 0.01 between the psychological dimension of the problems of people with special mental capabilities and both the economic, social and psychological dimension of family pressures.
There is a positive correlation at the level of significance of 0.01 between the social dimension of the problems of people with special mental abilities and both the economic, social and psychological dimension of family pressures.
The absence of statistically significant differences between the mean of urban and rural grades in mothers' awareness of their children's problems with their physical, psychological, and social dimensions and family pressures with their economic, social, and psychological dimensions.
Lack of statistically significant differences between mothers' awareness of their children's problems in their physical, psychological and social dimensions, according to the level of the mother's education.
There is a statistically significant difference between the economic dimensions of family pressures according to the level of mother education at the level of significance of 0.01
There is a statistically significant difference between the social dimensions of family pressures according to the level of mother education at the level of significance 0.05
Lack of statistically significant differences between mothers' awareness of their children's problems in their physical, psychological and social dimensions, according to the income level.
lack of statistically significant differences between family pressures with their dimensions (economic - social - psychological) according to the level of income.

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