Research code: 01
Ethics code: IR.IAU.M.REC.1402.008
Clinical trials code: 01
Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Maroodasht Branch, Maroodasht, Iran , Mbarzegar55@gmail.com
Abstract: (158 Views)
The purpose of this research is to compile a structural model of attachment safety and maternal self-concept based on maternal sensitivity after birth in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder in Shiraz city in 2023. According to its purpose, this research is of the type of applied research and in terms of the collection method. The data are cross-sectional and their analysis is descriptive and correlational based on the structural equation modeling method. The statistical population is all mothers with children on the autism spectrum who have enrolled their children in exceptional schools and also in the Shiraz Autism Association. They had a case in 2023, which is a total of 987 people. In this research, 360 mothers of affected children were selected from among all the families with autistic children in Shiraz using available sampling method who were willing to participate in the research. The research tool is the Middle Attachment Relationships Questionnaire (KCAQ) - children's attachment in the middle period by Halpern and Kappenberg (2006), the maternal care quality questionnaire by Ghanbari et al. (2013), the self-concept questionnaire by Rogers (1983) and the data using the structural equation method. and AMOS software were analyzed and the results indicated the appropriate fit of the model. There is a significant and decreasing (inverse) relationship between conflict and confusion with attachment safety and maternal self-concept. In other words, it can be said that improvement and reduction in conflict and confusion leads to a decrease in attachment safety and maternal self-concept in mothers of children with autism.
Keywords: attachment safety, maternal self-concept, maternal sensitivity after birth, autism spectrum disorder
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Clinical Psychiatry
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