SOCIAL SUPPORT, LIFE SATISFACTION, AND RELIGIOUS COPING STATUS OF MOTHERS OF DISABLED CHILDREN

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to determine the relationship between the multidimensional perceived social support levels, religious coping status and life satisfaction levels of mothers of disabled children. The research group of the study consists of 213 randomly selected mothers of disabled children who are receiving special education in the central district of Bingöl in the 2020-2021 academic year. Relational survey model was used in this study, which is a field study using quantitative method. Necessary permissions were obtained from Bingöl University Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee in order to carry out the research. In the study, three scales were used, namely personal information form, multidimensional perceived social support scale, religious coping scale and life satisfaction scale. Obtained data were analyzed by means of SPSS program. The mothers who voluntarily participated in the study, a personal information form was used in which various information was requested such as education status, income status, type of disability of the child, place of residence, age, marital status, number of children, age of having a disabled child, kinship with his husband, education status of himself and his husband. T-test, anova and correlation analyzes related to the research variables were performed.As a result of these analyzes, positive relationships were found between multidimensional perceived social support, life satisfaction and positive religious coping.