Comparison of life satisfaction and hoping in mothers of children with special learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders and normal

Objective:   The aim of this study was to compare the life satisfaction and hoping in mothers of children with special learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and normal.Methods:  The present research method was causal-comparative. The statistical population of was mothers of fifth and sixth-grade children in the north of Tehran, whose children, according to expert diagnosis, had a special learning disability and autism spectrum disorder, and mothers were selected from a normal group too. Finally, the sample of ۹۰ people (۳۰ people in each group) was selected by non-probabilistic and purposeful sampling method. The tools used were Snyder's Hoping Scale and Huebner's Life Satisfaction Multidimensional Scale.Results: The results showed that the mean score of hoping in mothers with autistic children was lower than that of mothers with disability and normal children (p<۰.۰۱), and the mean life satisfaction score of mothers with normal children was higher than that of mothers with autism children (p<۰.۰۱). Also, the mean score of hoping and life satisfaction of mothers with specific learning disability children was more than mothers with autism children (p<۰.۰۱).Conclusion: The relatively low level of hoping and life satisfaction in mothers of children with autism spectrum need more attention and arrangements which is very important for their psycho-social empowerment

Keywords:

life satisfaction , hoping , special learning disabilities , Autism spectrum Disorder , mothers