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KMID : 1037320130060020047
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Korean Journal of Infant Mental Health
2013 Volume.6 No. 2 p.47 ~ p.71
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Variables Affecting Acceptance of Disability of Children by Mothers
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Lee Ji-Sun
Noh Jeong-Sook
Lee Kyung-Sook
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Abstract
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The study intends to discover variables that affect mothers’ acceptance of disability of their children and examine the process of accepting disability of children by their mothers. Subjects included 36 mothers of children with disabilties aged two to 12 who were receiving treatment services in four treatment centers for children with disabilities in Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province. The findings are as follows. Variables such as gender, age, and disability type of children did not affect mothers’ acceptance of disability of their children. No significant difference was found in each variable. Variables that affected mothers’ acceptance of disability of their children included age, religion, and mental health characteristic of mothers. First, younger mothers felt a higher degree of guilt for disability of their children. Second, mothers having no region showed a higher level of overprotection for their children with disabilities. Third, mothers with a lower level of parenting stress, depression, and anxiety showed a higher level of acceptance of disability of their children. The qualitative analysis of the interviews with three mothers with a higher degree of acceptance and another three mothers with a lower degree of acceptance found that existence of emotional supporters had an effect on the degree of acceptance of disability of children.
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KEYWORD
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children with disabilities, acceptance of disability, mother of disabled children
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