Self-compassion as a mediating variable between parental resilience and post-traumatic development among mothers of Mothers of autistic children during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Assistant mental health department Faculty of Education - Aswan University The Egyptian Arabic Republic

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The study aimed to reveal the level of parental resilience, self-compassion, post-traumatic growth, and identifying pathways of relationships between parental resilience and each of self-compassion and post-traumatic development in Mothers of autistic childrenduring the closure of the coronavirus pandemic.
The study sample consisted of (83) mothers of autistic children, with an average age of (38.79) years with a standard deviation of (4.65). The study tools consisted of the parental resilience scale prepared by Suzuki et al., (2015), translated by the researcher, The Self-Compassion Scale, prepared by Raes et al., (2011) translated by the researcher, post-traumatic growth scale prepared by researcher. The results of the study concluded that there is a high level of psychological resilience in the total score and sub-dimensions, while there is a medium level of perceived social support, having a low level of self-compassion, high level of post-traumatic growth in the total score and sub-dimensions, while there is an average level of attachment to others among Mothers of autistic children. The results also found direct effects of parental resilience on post-traumatic development. Indirect effects of parenting resilience on post-traumatic development through self-compassion as a mediating variable in Mothers of autistic children.

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