مستوى الأفكار اللاعقلانية لدى أسر أطفال التوحد وعلاقته ببعض المتغيرات و درجة إعاقة الطفل

الملخص EN

The aim of this study is the disclosure of the Level of irrational thoughts among the families of autistic children at the north of Jordan, and its relationship with some demographic variables (gender , class), the impairment degree of the child and the educational level of parents.

for the purposes of the study, the researcher used rational and irrational test which was done depending on the theoretical literature of the rational emotive behavior theory by Ellis, and it was found the indications of validity and reliability of this scale, the sample consisted of 32 from autistic children were selected purposely ,it was found the arithmetic averages, standard deviations and value of (T)and the one way anova.

The results indicated that the Level of irrational thoughts among the families of autistic children at the north of Jordan was medium, and there weren’t any statistically significant differences at (α≤ 0.05) at the Level of irrational thoughts among the families of autistic children regarding to the variables (gender , class), and the impairment degree of the child, there was statistically significant differences at (α≤ 0.05) at the educational level of father regarding to (high studies Secondary and without ),and there wasn’t any statistically significant differences at (α≤ 0.05) at the educational level of mother, the results were discussed in the light of the theoretical literature & previous studies, and some recommendations were suggested according to the results of the study.