The relationship between psychological well being, resilience and mindfullness in mothers of children with special education needs

In the mothers who have special education needs, psychological problems due to the burden of care for the child and the level of acceptance of the child's condition result in a decrease in the quality of life. In this research, psychological well-being, resilience and mindfullness were determined in mothers with special education needs; It is aimed to reveal the effects of resilience and mindfullness on psychological well-being of mothers. For this purpose, a questionnaire consisting of Socio-demographic Data Form, Resilience Scale, Mindfullness Scale and Psychological Well-being Scale for 206 mothers of children in need of special educationwas applied. SPSS 23.00 was used for statistical analysis; The effect of resilience and mindfullness on psychological well-being was tested by linear regression analysis. In addition, t-test was used for comparison of independent binary groups and LSD Test of ANOVA and Post Hoc tests were used to compare three groups of independent groups in order to determine the change in resilience, mindfullness and psychological well-being according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the child and mother. The findings were evaluated in 95% confidence interval and 5% significance level. According to the findings of the study, resilience and midfullness have a significant effect on psychological well-being in mothers who have children with special educational needs. Accordingly, personal power, structural style, social resources and mindfullness increase psychological well-being.According to another finding of the study, psychological well-being and psychological well-being levels of high-income participants are high. On the other hand, psychological well-being levels of mothers with special educational needs were found to be higher. Key Words: Special education, psychological robustness, conscious awareness, psychological well-being