The relationship between Psychological immunity and a sense of stigma among a sample of mothers of children with mild mental disabilities

ABSTRACT:
The current study aimed to find out the relation between the Psychological immunity and a sense of stigma among a sample of mothers of children with mild mental disabilities  , and find out the differences between the mean scores of mothers on the Psychological immunity and stigma scales according to the age of the mothers , the mean scores of mothers on the Psychological immunity and stigma scales according to the educational of mothers ,and amid to reveal the extent to which psychological immunity can be predicted among mothers of children with mild mental disabilities ,by feeling stigmatized, the sample of study  consisted of (83) mothers ,   their ages ranged (25-53) years old ,and average age is(34,17), standard deviation is (4,3),the ages of their children ranged from (5-11) years old ,and average age is(7,35), standard deviation is (1,51), ,A psychological immunity scale was applied by the researcher , stigma scale was applied by the researcher, The results of the study found that there was negative statistical relationship between psychological immunity and stigma for   a sample of mothers, and there were statistically significant differences in the mean scores of mothers on the Psychological immunity and stigma scales according to the age of mothers ,and there were statistically significant differences in the mean scores of mothers on the Psychological immunity and stigma scales according to the educational of mothers, and it is also possible to predict the Psychological immunity of mothers of children with mild mental disabilities by feeling stigmatized.