اليقظة العقلية كمتغير وسيط بين مناصرة الذات و الهناء الاجتماعي لدى المراهقين ذوي الإعاقة البصرية

Abstract EN

This research aims to reveal the role of mindfulness as a mediating variable between self-advocacy and social well-being of visually impaired adolescents, explore the differences between male and female participants in self-advocacy, and identify the psychological structure of the high and low peripheral cases of male and female participants on the self-advocacy scale.

the self-advocacy scale, the mindfulness scale, and the social well-being scale (prepared by the researcher), and sentences completion for psychological needs scale (Altayb, 2013) were utilized for data collection.

the research sample consisted of (51) visually impaired male and female adolescent students whose ages ranged between 15-18 ( age mean = 16.08, SD = 1.02).

the research results demonstrated the following : there was a statistically significant positive correlation between self-advocacy and both mindfulness and social well-being, there was a statistically significant positive correlation between mindfulness and social well-being, there were no differences between males and females on self-advocacy scale and its dimensions, and there was a mediator significance of mindfulness between self-advocacy and social well-being among visually impaired adolescents.

besides, the clinical study helped in clarifying the psychological structure of high and low cases on self-advocacy.

the research presented some recommendations related to designing counseling programs to improve self-advocacy for special groups and preparing initiatives in which all groups of people with special needs can participate to make them aware of their significance, their societal value, and their contribution to their societies development that consequently improves their social well-being.