Differences in perceived stigma according to the type and level of education among mothers of mentally handicapped children

Ahmed, Omar Abdel Hamid Attia; Darwish, Ramadan Mahmoud Ahmed; Farhat, Mahrous Abdel Khaleq Elsayed

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2023.299075

Differences in perceived stigma according to the type and level of education among mothers of mentally handicapped children

Document Type : Original Article

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قسم الصحة النفسية، كلية التربية بنين بالقاهرة، جامعة الأزهر، مصر

10.21608/jsrep.2023.299075

Abstract

The current research aimed to identify the differences in the overall degree of perceived stigma according to gender (males - females) and the level of education (low - medium - high), The research sample consisted of (215) mothers of mentally handicapped children in Cairo and Giza governorates within the Arab Republic of Egypt, those aged between (22-62) years, with an average age of (38.809), and a standard deviation of (8.357), the scale of perceived stigma was applied to them (prepared by Mak & Cheung, 2008) translated by the researcher, the results found that there were statistically significant differences between the average scores of male and female mothers in the total score of perceived stigma in favor of female mothers, and there were differences between the average scores of mothers of mentally handicapped children in the total score of perceived stigma in favor of low education

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