ABSTRACT

Parents of children with disabilities (PCWD) need to be provided with resources to empower them with the knowledge and skills needed to reduce their parenting stress and enhance their life satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the mediating effect of social support in the relationship between parenting stress and parents’ satisfaction with life (SWL) across samples from three Arab countries (N = 867: Oman = 420, Saudi Arabia = 350, Qatar = 260). Our findings revealed that PCWD experienced high levels of parenting stress, especially in Oman and Qatar. In addition, parents who experienced high levels of parenting stress were likely to perceive less social support. Mediational analysis for the entire sample indicated that significant others, family and friends mediated significantly the relationship of both parental distress (PD) and parent–child dysfunctional interaction (PCDI) with parents’ satisfaction with life. Additionally, family and friends mediated significantly the difficult child (DC) association with parents’ satisfaction with life (SWL). In the multi-group path analyses, all chi-square tests examining differences in each pathway coefficient between countries were significant (except for the path coefficient between significant others and satisfaction with life (SWL)), demonstrating that the strength of the pathways varied between countries.

摘要

需要为残疾儿童 (PCWD) 的父母提供资源，使他们能够掌握减轻养育压力和提高生活满意度所需的知识和技能。本研究旨在通过来自三个阿拉伯国家的样本检验社会支持在养育压力与父母生活满意度 (SWL) 之间关系中的中介作用 ( N = 867：阿曼 = 420，沙特阿拉伯 = 350，卡塔尔 = 260）。我们的调查结果显示，PCWD 经历了高水平的育儿压力，尤其是在阿曼和卡塔尔。此外，经历过高水平养育压力的父母可能会感受到较少的社会支持。对整个样本的中介分析表明，重要的其他人、家人和朋友在父母痛苦（PD）和亲子互动障碍（PCDI）与父母对生活的满意度之间的关系中起着显着的中介作用。此外，家人和朋友显着调节困难儿童 (DC) 与父母对生活的满意度 (SWL) 的关联。在多组路径分析中，