واقع تعزيز مهارات تقرير المصير من قبل الأمهات : دراسة مقارنة بين أمهات الطالبات ذوات الإعاقة الفكرية و قريناتهن من غير ذوات الإعاقة

Abstract EN

This study explored the reality of mothers’ reinforcement of self-determination skills by comparing the level of reinforcement between mothers of daughters with and without intellectual disabilities by examining the effect of the mother’s educational qualifications and age and the daughter’s school stage.

two focus groups were also used to reveal the practice and challenges of the mothers' reinforcement of self-determination skills.

this mixed research study with an explanatory sequential design used quantitative data from a questionnaire.

the participants were (248) mothers of students in Jeddah enrolled at primary, intermediate, and secondary schools for the integration of intellectual disability.

the mothers who expressed their consent in the questionnaire also participated in two focus discussion groups.

a high level of reinforcement for self-determination skills was apparent on three dimensions of the questionnaire, in the following order : (action-control beliefs, volitional action, Agentic action).

statistically significant differences were also evident in the level of reinforcement, followed by the intellectual disability variable, in favor of mothers without disabilities in two dimensions (volitional action, Agentic action).

statistically significant differences were also apparent for the school-stage variable between the secondary and middle school stages in favor of the secondary stage in the dimension (volitional action) and between the intermediate and primary school in favor of the intermediate stage in the dimension (action-control beliefs).

the focus group results indicated a number of challenges facing the promotion of self-determination skills, represented by the following : sources of information, community culture, balancing the role of the mother and enhancing these skills, and factors related to the daughter.

the most important recommendations can be summarized as : providing electronic knowledge sources in simple language ; dealing with the concept of self-determination and its skills ; building sound practices ; providing more opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities in society ; and adopting self-determination skills practices according to preferences, not availability.