نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی دکترای روانشناسی تربیتی، دانشگاه شهیدبهشتی، تهران، ایران.

2 استادیار، گروه روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه شهیدبهشتی، تهران، ایران

3 دانشیار، گروه روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه شهیدبهشتی، تهران، ایران.

4 استادیار، گروه روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه شهیدبهشتی، تهران، ایران.

5 استادیار، گروه روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران

چکیده

هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی تجربه زیسته مشکلات روانی- اجتماعی مادران کودکان دارای اختلال یادگیری شهر تهران بود. برای درک و توصیف تجربه از روش پژوهش پدیدارشناسی استفاده شد. از میان مراجعان به مراکز درمانی اختلال یادگیری شهر تهران، تا رسیدن به حد اشباع، 14 مادر دارای کودک با اختلال یادگیری در مصاحبه‌ای عمیق و نیمه ساختاریافته شرکت کردند. داده‌های پژوهش با روش کلایزی تحلیل گردید. در تحلیل کدهای توصیفی مصاحبه‌ها، 137 مفهوم اولیه استخراج شد و با تلفیق مفاهیم مشابه 31 مفهوم فرعی و 7 مفهوم اصلی (آسیب‌دیدگی روابط اجتماعی، آسیب‌دیدگی روابط زناشویی، والدگری چالش‌برانگیز، سیستم آموزشی ناکارآمد، افت غنای زندگی، تجربه هیجانات منفی، و مشکلات جسمی- روانی) در این پژوهش شناسایی شد. مفاهیم به دست‌آمده در پژوهش حاضر نشان داد مادران این کودکان، مشکلات روانی و اجتماعی را تجربه می‌کنند که می‌تواند منجر به تغییر نوع رابطه ارتباطی و روان‌شناختی آنان با اطرافیانشان شده و آنها را منزوی سازد و احساس فرسودگی در والدگری را تجربه کنند.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

A Phenomenological Exploration of the Lived Experience of Mothers of Children with Learning Disorders from Their Child's Emotional-Behavioral Problems

نویسندگان [English]

  • Fateme Mazaheri Tehrani 1
  • Saed Ghanbari 2
  • Jalil Fathabadi 3
  • Omid Shokri 4
  • Masoud Sharifi 5

1 Ph.D. Student, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, University of Shahid Beheshti, Thran, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor, University of Shahid Beheshti, Thran, Iran.

5 Assistant Professor, University of Shahid Beheshti, Thran, Iran.

چکیده [English]

Introduction
Learning disorders are one of the considerable topics in educational psychology. Children with learning disabilities experience more emotional problems than their peers. Hence, there will be more challenges for the parents of these children, which can add to the complexity of the parenting experience. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the main elements in the lived experience of mothers of children with learning disabilities of the emotional and behavioral problems of their children.
 
Method
In this research, the phenomenological research method was used to investigate the lived experience of mothers of children with learning disabilities to cope with their children's emotional-behavioral problems. Therefore, among the clients of learning disability treatment centers in Tehran, to the point of saturation, 14 mothers of children with learning disabilities participated in in-depth and semi-structured interviews; After recording and transcribing the interviews, the data was analyzed by the Colaizzi method.
Results
In the analysis of descriptive codes of interviews, 137 primary concepts were extracted. Combining similar concepts created 31 sub-concepts and 7 main concepts. The 7 main concepts are; Social Communication Impairment, Marital Relationship Impairment, Challenging Parenting, Inefficient Education System, Decrease in psychologically rich life, Experience of Negative Emotions, and Physical-Psychological Problems.
 
Discussion
The concepts found in the study showed that mothers of children with learning disabilities face many difficulties due to their children's academic and emotional-behavioral problems that lead to the experience of feelings of burnout in parenting and require social and clinical attention.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • emotional problems
  • learning disorders
  • parenting experience
  • parenting burnout
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