The Psychological Mother Experiences in Caring their Children with Mental Retardation in a Special needs Schools Rokan Hulu RegencyRiau Province

Amount 59,26% mothers with mental retardaon childrens are faced several problems in caring of their children. The aim of this study was find out the psychological mother experiences in caring their children with mental retardaon in a special needs school at Rokan Hulu Regency, Riau Province. This wa...

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Main Authors: Nia Aprilla, Marjohan Marjohan, Basmanelly basmanelly
Format: Article
Language:Indonesian
Published: STIKes Hang Tuah Pekanbaru 2019-04-01
Series:Jurnal Kesehatan Komunitas (Journal of Community Health)
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Online Access:http://jurnal.htp.ac.id/index.php/keskom/article/view/272
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Summary:Amount 59,26% mothers with mental retardaon childrens are faced several problems in caring of their children. The aim of this study was find out the psychological mother experiences in caring their children with mental retardaon in a special needs school at Rokan Hulu Regency, Riau Province. This was a qualitave research with phenomenology approach. The phenomena ini this study was the psychological mother experiences in caring their children with mental retardaon. This research was conducted from 12 May unll 11 June 2017. And the number of informants we interviewed were 5 mothers. Informants were mothers who's having the children with mental retardaon who send their children to special need schools at Rokan Hulu Regency Riau Province. Informants were chosen by purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by home visit the informants for 30-60 minutes in 2-3 mes with in-depth interview The data were analyzed by applying the Colaizzi technique. The results showed that 6 themes were idenfied on this study:(1) the mother's inial response when known their children having mental retardaon; (2) the atude of parents in caring for their children; (3) sibling rivalry; (4) the burden when caring children with mental retardaon; (5) the efforts to get health services and (6) mother's expectaons. The nurses are expected to facilitate in created a peer groups of mothers who have children with mental retardaon as a community to share the experiences in caring for children, including supporng group, self-help group, and cognive behavior therapy.
ISSN:2088-7612
2548-8538