The Role of Resiliency and Psychological Hardiness in Predicting Psychological Well-being

Abstract

The aim of this research was to study the role of resiliency and psychological hardness in the prediction of psychological well-being of mothers of children with adaptive-cognitive disabilities.The design of research was a correlational type. The statistical population included all mothers of children with cognitive-adaptive disabilities in 2018-2-19. Therefore, by convenience sampling 80 mothers from this group were selected and Beshart’s Psychological Well-being, Kobasa’s Psychological Hardness and Conner & Davidson’s Resiliency Inventories were used to gather the data. The Pearson’s correlation coefficient indicated that both resiliency and psychological hardness have significant relationships with psychological well-being. The results of multiple regression revealed that both of these variables can predict psychological well-being in mothers of children with cognitive-adaptive disabilities. More research is needed to achieve evidence-based practice, and develop and implement educational programs including resiliency and psychological hardness to improve the psychological well-being of mothers of children with cognitive-adaptive disabilities.

Keywords

• resiliency
• psychological hardness
• psychological well-being
• mothers of children with cognitive- adaptive disabilitiess