Comparison of perceived family structure of mothers with a disabled boy and mothers with a boy without disabilities upon circumplex model in Tehran in 1390
نویسندگان
1 Alumnus (MSC ) school of Nursing and Midwifery,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ,Tehran, Iran. PhD student, Dept. of Nursing; Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics, school of Paramedical sciences , Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3 Assistant professor, Dept. of Community Health Nursing; school of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Basic Sciences, school of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5 Student of Nursing; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
doi
10.22037/anm.v25i88.9785چکیده
Background and aimFamily structure indicates the way in which the related components of the family are organized as awhole family. Family structure is important to the outcomes of family and has main effect on familyfunction and relationships. Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems (Olson) evaluatesfamily structures and divided them to three category balanced, middle range and unbalancedfamilies. The aim of this study was to compare the perceived family structure of mothers with adisable boy and mothers with a boy without disabilities upon circumplex model in Tehran in 1390.Materials and methodsThe present study is a comparative descriptive study. Data were gathered from 100 mothers whohad a boy with disability and 100 mothers who had a boy without disability .The participants wereincluded in the study from exceptional and normal elementary governmental schools in Tehran bymulti-stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected by a questionnaire, which consist of twoparts, demographics variables and Family Adaptability Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES-III)(Olson 1986) . This questionnaire has acceptable validity and reliability. This scale position thefamilies in three type of family structures balanced, middle range and unbalanced. Data wereanalyzed by SPSS 16 and descriptive and analytics methods such as t- test and chi square.FindingsMost of the perceived family structured in two groups were balanced and middle-range. Motherswith disable boy perceived their family structures balance and middle range less than and perceivedtheir family structure unbalance more than the other group. Perceived family structure in twogroups were not statistical significant (p>0/05).ConclusionThere weren’t relationship between presences of disable child or form of disability with mother'sperceived family structure, and mothers in two groups perceive their family structure similar to eachother’s. So conclusion is that family structure isn’t affected by disability of the child.KeywordsCircumplex Model of Marital and Family System, Perceived family structure, mothers, disable boy,boy without disabilities
