أساليب المعاملة الوالدية اللاسوية و علاقتها باضطراب التحدي المعارض لدى الأطفال ذوي الإعاقة الفكرية البسيطة في منطقة الرياض

الملخص EN

This study aimed at identifying the relationship between inappropriate parenting styles and oppositional defiant disorder among children with mild intellectual disability.

It also sought to explore differences in oppositional defiant disorder among children with mild intellectual disability according to gender.

Differences in inappropriate parenting styles according to some parental demographics (age – educational level – family income) were also investigated.

The sample consisted of (208) subjects assigned as follows: 52 male and 52 female children with mild intellectual disability between (8 - 14) years of age.

Their IQ ranged between (53) and (73), 52 fathers and mothers of children with mild intellectual disability between (35 - 64) years of age and 52 mothers of children with mild intellectual disability between (35 - 60) years of age.

Tools of the study were: The scale of inappropriate parenting styles for parents of children with mild intellectual disability (prepared by the researcher) and the scale of oppositional defiant disorder for children with mild intellectual disability (prepared by the researcher).

Results indicated that there were a significant positive relationship (a= 0.01) between scores on both scales of inappropriate parenting styles and oppositional defiant disorder.

Neglectful parenting was the most common style among parents of children with mild intellectual disability.

There were significant differences (a= 0.01) between male and female children with mild intellectual disability on the oppositional defiant disorder scale, in favor of the males.

There were significant differences (a= 0.01) between fathers and mothers of children with mild intellectual disability on the inappropriate parenting styles scale, in favor of the fathers.

Level of oppositional defiant disorder among children with mild intellectual disability could be predicted through the inappropriate parenting styles.

There were statistically significant differences in these inappropriate parenting styles, in favor of those of (35 and less than 50) years of age).

There were statistically significant differences in favor of those of master degree.

There were statistically significant differences (a= 0.01) between the targeted three educational levels (master – bachelor – secondary or lower level of education), in favor of those of secondary or lower level of education.

There were also statistically significant differences (a= 0.01) in favor of those of incomes between (5000 – less than 15000 SR