Journal of Educational Sciences > Volume 25, No. 2, 2013

Relationship between Social Support and Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Disabilities at Early Intervention / Ahmed Abdulaziz Altamimi

The study aimed at identifying relationship between social support and quality of life of parents of children with disabilities at early intervention. The study sample consisted of (220) special needs parents of children with special needs enrolled in integration programs in Riyadh city (113 fathers and 107 mothers), with age ranging from (20) to (50) years (m=36.854) and standard deviation of 10.882. Results indicated that there was a statistically significant positive correlation at level 0.01 between social support and parents' feelings of family quality of life. There were statistically significant differences between fathers and mothers with special needs in their satisfaction with family quality of life in favor of fathers. There were also statistically significant differences between parents of individuals with learning difficulties and parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism in their satisfaction with family quality of life in favor of the former.
Key words: Learning Disability, Autism, support.