The purpose of the present study was to compare the mental health status of fathers and mothers (N = 191; 59.6% mothers) of children with educable mental disabilities on various dimensions including, depression, anxiety, physical complains, and social functioning. The sampling method was multilayer, cluster sampling from special education schools in Mashhad. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was administered with the parents. The results showed that parents scored relatively high on the GHQ (M = 29.4, SD =11.7), indicating problems with their mental health status; however, mothers scored higher than fathers on anxiety and depression (p>0.05). No other significant differences were found between mothers' and fathers/ GHQ scores.
Keywords
Mental health, fathers and mothers, parents, educable mental disable
Kimiaee, A. , Mehrabi, H. , & Mirzaee, Z. (2010). A Comparative Study of the Mental Health Status of fathers and mothers of Children with Educable Mental Disabilities in Mashhad. Foundations of Education, 011(1), -. doi: 10.22067/fe.v11i1.1827
MLA
Ali Kimiaee; Hosein Mehrabi; Zahra Mirzaee. "A Comparative Study of the Mental Health Status of fathers and mothers of Children with Educable Mental Disabilities in Mashhad", Foundations of Education, 011, 1, 2010, -. doi: 10.22067/fe.v11i1.1827
HARVARD
Kimiaee, A., Mehrabi, H., Mirzaee, Z. (2010). 'A Comparative Study of the Mental Health Status of fathers and mothers of Children with Educable Mental Disabilities in Mashhad', Foundations of Education, 011(1), pp. -. doi: 10.22067/fe.v11i1.1827
CHICAGO
A. Kimiaee , H. Mehrabi and Z. Mirzaee, "A Comparative Study of the Mental Health Status of fathers and mothers of Children with Educable Mental Disabilities in Mashhad," Foundations of Education, 011 1 (2010): -, doi: 10.22067/fe.v11i1.1827
VANCOUVER
Kimiaee, A., Mehrabi, H., Mirzaee, Z. A Comparative Study of the Mental Health Status of fathers and mothers of Children with Educable Mental Disabilities in Mashhad. Foundations of Education, 2010; 011(1): -. doi: 10.22067/fe.v11i1.1827
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