التقييم المعرفي للإعاقة كمنبئ بالرفاهية النفسية لدى أسر ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد و الإعاقة البصرية

Abstract EN

This study aims to verify the levels of negative and positive cognitive appraisal of disability and psychological well-being, as well as to identify the extent of differences according to the difference in gender, disability and negative and positive cognitive appraisal of disability and psychological well-being, as well as to identify the extent to which negative and positive cognitive appraisal of disability predicts psychological well-being as well as ascertaining the psychometric properties of the negative and positive cognitive appraisal scales for disability and psychological well-being in the Emirati environment.

The study consists of a sample (200) participants, dividing (100) participants caring for autism spectrum disorder ones, (100) participants caring for visual impairment ones, and their ages ranged between (23) to (56) years, with average (39.48) years, and a SD (7.06) years, and the results show that the negative and positive cognitive appraisal scales for disability and psychological well-being have good psychometric characteristics in the UAE environment, and the results reveal that the negative and positive cognitive appraisal is (53.85%- 84.92%), respectively, for those caring autism spectrum disorder ones, as well as (62.92%- 81.55%) of the negative and positive evaluation, respectively, of those caring for the visually impaired ones.

The percentage of psychological well-being is (72.54%) for those caring for people with autism spectrum disorder, and those with visual disabilities in a similar way.

There are no significant differences according to the type of caregivers (male/female), the nature of the children’s disability (autism spectrum disorder/ visual impairment), and the interaction between them on the negative and positive cognitive appraisal of disability and psychological well-being, except for the negative appraisal dimension according to the difference according to the disability and the differences for caregivers for visual impaired ones, and the results conclude that the two dimensions of cognitive appraisal can predict the psychological well-being of the study sample.