Relationship between coping skills and marital satisfaction among parents of pupils with learning disabilities in Selangor / Vittal Krisshna Varatharaju

• Main Author: Vittal Krisshna , Varatharaju
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: L Education (General); LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15168/2/Vittal_Krisshna.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15168/1/Vittal_Krisshna.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15168/

It is widely recognized in research that children with learning disabilities generate heightened concern, stress and tension within their families. Parents of pupils with learning disabilities encounter a variety of severe hardships in caring for their children‘s needs and coping with the challenge and maintain a good quality of marriage. This study aims to study about the relationship between coping skills and marital satisfaction among parents of pupils with learning disabilities in Selangor Darul Ehsan. Demographical details such as level of education of the parents and monthly income of the parents were used in the research to study about the relationship of these two demographic details with coping skills and marital satisfaction among parents of pupils with learning disabilities. A survey research design was conducted to gather the data in this study. The collected were analyzed by suing Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS). An adapted version of Family Crisis Oriented Personal Scales (F-COPES) was used to gather data about the coping skills and an adapted version of ENRICH (Evaluating & Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication, Happiness) Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS) Scale was used to gather data about the marital satisfaction among parents of pupils with learning disabilities. The Pearson ‗r‘ value (p>.05) indicated that there is no any significant relationship between coping skills and marital satisfaction among parents of pupils with learning disabilities. The General Linear Multivariate (p>.05) indicated that there is no any significant relationship between coping skills with level of education and monthly income among parents of pupils with learning disabilities. The General Linear Univariate (p>.05) indicated that there is no any significant relationship between marital satisfaction with level of education and monthly income among parents of pupils with learning disabilities. The study on the relationship between coping skills and marital satisfaction among parents of pupils with learning disabilities should be given more attention by researchers in Malaysia. This is in order to assist the parents of pupils with learning disabilities to identify and utilise the right coping skills to deal with their daily crisis. Moreover, effective coping skills help the parents of the pupils with learning disabilities to have a satisfying married life. In addition, the findings from this study also will be insightful for counselors, therapist, religious leaders and teachers to understand better about the preferred coping skills and the marital satisfaction among parents of pupils with learning disabilities and provide them with meaningful and effective assistance in dealing their daily crisis.