- Title
- Determinants of psychological well-being amongst employed mothers of children with special needs in Buffalo City Municipality
- Creator
- Mabokela, Thandiswa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4531-3281
- Subject
- Mothers of children with disabilities -- Psychological aspects -- South Africa
- Subject
- Well-being -- Psychological aspects
- Subject
- Children of working mothers -- Psychological aspects
- Date Issued
- 2023-11
- Date
- 2023-11
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/29451
- Identifier
- vital:77968
- Description
- Mothers of children with special needs face unique social-emotional difficulties in carrying out their caregiving roles. The pressure related to these roles influences mothers' psychological well-being and the nature of their child-rearing. One cause of mothers’ psychological distress is their inability to accept their child’s illness. It can result in the mother’s struggle with negative feelings, leading them to focus on their children’s problems, with little recognition of unique qualities that characterize the strengths of their children. This study aimed to provide insight into the determinants of psychological well-being amongst employed mothers of children with special needs in Buffalo City Municipality. The research adopted Ryff's (1989) Six-factor model on psychological well-being and Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs theory. A quantitative, descriptive research approach was applied to the study. The positivism paradigm was adopted in this research. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 301 respondents in Buffalo City Municipality East London. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 29 software package was utilized for analysis—the confirmatory factor analysis is used to interpret demographics and study variables. The study found significant relationships between the independent and dependent variables: Psychological well-being, workplace, household, factor, household and educational factors. The study recommends further studies to expand to fathers/parents with special needs children, as this study mainly looked at the psychological well-being of working mothers only.
- Description
- Thesis (MIP) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2023
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (viii, 106 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management and Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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