Explaining the Parents’ Attitudes toward the Children with Disabilities Based on Religious Belief and Social Support: the Mediation of Marital Satisfaction

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to explain the parents’ attitude towards their children with disabilities based on religious belief and social support through the mediating role of marital satisfaction. Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The statistical population included 200 parents of the students in the schools and care centers for the students with disabilities in Tabriz. The parents were selected through the available sampling method. They completed the questionnaires on parental attitude, marital satisfaction, social support, and religious belief. The software of SPSS-25 and AMOS-18 was used to analyze the data. Findings: The findings of the correlation coefficient showed that there was the highest correlation (0.59) between the positive parents’ attitude towards the children with disabilities and religious belief. Furthermore, the findings of path analysis showed that the highest path coefficient was related to the effect of parents’ attitudes through religious belief (0.38), as well as marital satisfaction, and social support (0.20) respectively. Conclusion: According to these findings, the strong religious belief of people in the society and marital satisfaction and social support will cause the parents to have positive attitudes towards their children and accept them better.

Keywords

• parents’ attitude
• children with disabilities
• religious belief
• social support
• marital satisfaction