أنماط التنشئة الأسرية لدى الأمهات الممرضات القانونيات و علاقتها بمعنى الحياة و المساندة الاجتماعية في محافظة الكرك

Abstract EN

This study aimed at identifying the nature of family upbringing patterns among the nursing mothers and their relationship to the meaning of life and social support to them in Al-Karak.

In order to the achieve the study objectives, the researcher applied the study to the registered nurses in Al-karak public and military hospitals, in which the number of the study sample was (79) nurses.

The researcher developed the scale of the patterns of family upbringing and the scale of social support as well as the scale of life meaning ,prepared by Crombo and Mahulk (1964).

The study concluded that the degree at which the nurses use the patterns of family upbringing was respectively as; democracy, overprotection , followed by ignorance and cruelty.

The results showed that the level of life meaning and social support was medium, and that there is a positive relationship between democracy and the meaning of life as well as social support, while there is a negative relationship between the meaning of life and ignorance, and that the family upbringing among the nurses differs based on experience in the patterns of democracy and ignorance; as experience increases among them, the ignorance increases and democracy decreases.

The results showed that there are differences regarding the numbers of children due to ignorance pattern in favor of the number of (1-3) children, and in the pattern of democracy in favor of (4-6) children.

Based on the study results, the researcher concluded a number of recommendations, including paying more attention to the quality of relationships among the nurses, and that the decision makers should focus on the psychological state of the nurse.