J Psy Nurs. Baskýdaki Makaleler: PHD-15013 | DOI: 10.14744/phd.2022.15013

Resilience, attachment to God, and hope in mothers of children with a specific learning disability

Shahrooz Nemati¹, Nazila Shojaeian², Rukiya Deetjen - Ruiz⁴, Rahul PratapSingh Kaurav³, Rahim Badri¹, Zahra Khani^1
1Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
²Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
³Institute of Management, Gwalior, India
⁴Zayed University, UAE

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the current research was to study the relationship between resilience, personal attachment to God, and the level of hope in mothers of children with a specific learning disability (SLD).
METHODS: The study sample consisted of 131 mothers of children with a diagnosed SLD in the city of Tabriz, Iran, in 2018. The Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale, the Attachment to God Inventory developed by Rowatt and Kirkpatrick, and Snyder's Adult Hope Scale were administered to the participants.
RESULTS: The results showed a significant positive correlation between hope and both resilience and a secure attachment style to God, as well as a significant negative correlation between hope and avoidant and anxious attachment to God.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Concurrent regression analysis revealed that among the variables related to resilience and secure, anx-ious, and avoidant attachment, only resilience predicted hope. Resilience training for this group of parents as well as additional research designed to yield evidence-based practices related to the attachment to God variable in the area of special educational needs appears to potentially be of substantial value.

Keywords: Attachment to God, children with specific learning disability, hope, mothers, resilience.

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