An analysis of life satisfaction and state-trait anxiety of the parents with handicapped children

Authors

  • Mehmet Engin Deniz
  • Bülent Dilmaç
  • Osman Tolga Arıcak

Keywords:

State and Trait Anxiety, Satisfaction With Life Scale, Disable

Abstract

The aim of  this research is to examine the effects of state-trait anxiety and life satisfaction, of parents’ with disabled children and changes related to the children’s sex, kind of disability and their attendance/nonattendance to the training groups. The participatens consist of total 407 parents,consisting of  293 women and 114 men. The data is collected using state and trait anxiety inventory, satisfaction with life scale,and personal information form. The current  research found out  that the state and trait anxiety affects parents’satisfaction with life scale significantly. The level of tarit anxiety changes considerably according to the child’s sex-variation, it’s also observed that parents’ state and trait anxiety and their satisfaction with life scale change according to the kind of disability. While this variation is observed for parents’average marks of satisfaction with life scale with regard to child’s attendance variability to the training groups , the same change is not found for the state and trait anxiety marks.

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Author Biographies

Mehmet Engin Deniz

He graduated from the department of psychological counselling and guidance in education faculty of Selcuk University in 1994. At the same University, he completed his master between 1994 and 1997 and his doctorate education between 1997 and 2002. He was appointed to Assistant professorship in 2002 and to Assoc. professorship in 2006. He has studies on emotional intelligence, social skills, decision making styles, attachment styles and child-adolescence psychology. He has articles both in national and international journals. He has been the head of the Technical Education Faculty, Department of Education since 2003. He also gives lectures the department of psychological counselling and guidance in graduate and post-graduate levels.

Bülent Dilmaç

Marmara University, Atatürk Faculty of Education, 1996 graduate and masters degree in 1999, the 2007 also has completed a PhD. Ahmet Selcuk University Faculty of Education in Keleşoğlu currently working as teaching assistants.

Osman Tolga Arıcak

Istanbul University Faculty of Literature, Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance in 1993 graduated. In 1995, the Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences Master's Degree in Education Psychological Services Area was completed. In 1999, Marmara University, Institute of Education Sciences in the field of Educational Sciences has completed a doctorate. Trakya University Faculty of Education is currently the Department of Educational Sciences Department of Education in Psychological Services is working as a lecturer.

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Published

2009-06-22

How to Cite

Deniz, M. E., Dilmaç, B., & Arıcak, O. T. (2009). An analysis of life satisfaction and state-trait anxiety of the parents with handicapped children. Journal of Human Sciences, 6(1), 953–968. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/727

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Guidance and Psychological Counselling

License

Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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