STRESSOR AND COPING STYLES of MOTHERS HAVING CHILDREN with CLEFT LIP and CLEFT PALATE

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the stressors and coping styles of mothers haveing a child with cleft lip and or cleft palate .Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized .Settings: The study was conducted at inpatient and outpatient for pediatric surgery belonging to Ain Shams Children Hospital, Ahmed Maher El Talemy and Abou El Resh in Cairo University. Subjects: A purposive sample include 40 children and their mothers total 40 were selected from the previously mentioned settings according to the previous admission rate with inclusive criteria having cleft lip and cleft palate or both in preoperative phase. Tools used for data collection: A structure questionnaire by interviewing to assess knowledge, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to asses physical and psychological stressor and Jalowiec and Powers Coping Behavioral Scale to assess coping pattern for children's mothers. Results:the main finding from the present study could be summarized at There was the most of studied mothers had sever physical and psychological stressor and the studied mothers highest use level of confrontive following by fatalistic ;optimistic; evasive; self relanit ; support ant ;emotions and palliative. Conclusion this study concluded that the mothers had severed physical and psychological stressors contribute to the usage of different coping styles. Recommendations the study recommended that application of supportive program to help mothers and their children under going to operation to detect sources of stress and empower their coping style patterns positively.