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

Abstract

In this research, it's aimed to determine the problems that 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 their each other that are educational, physical, psychological, sociological, economical and also health care problems and problems with siblings. It's found that parents are focused especially on educational problems. According to the results that were emerged in the research that educational problems are cumulated in two categories as problems related with the quality of education that given to children and acceptance of children in educational environment, and the problems on the need for training of parents. It's determined in this research that increasing educational and consciousness level of parents has more efficiency for coping with stress. Also it's 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 causes increasing the stress. It's 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.

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