الشعور بالوحدة النفسية لدى اسر أطفال التوحد وعلاقته ببعض المتغيرات الديموغرافية و درجة إعاقة الطفل

Abstract EN

The aim of this study is the disclosure of the level of the sense of psychological loneliness 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 the sense of psychological loneliness test which was done depending on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, 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 the sense of psychological Loneliness among the families of autistic children at the north of Jordan was medium and high, and there weren’t any statistically significant differences at (α≤ 0.05) at the Level of the sense of the emotional psychological loneliness 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 (university ,Secondary and without ),and there wasn’t any statistically significant differences at the total sense of psychological loneliness test, and there wasn’t any statistically significant differences at (α≤ 0.05) the total level of the sense of psychological loneliness 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.