Keywords
Coping strategy
Child development
Submitted : 2024-03-17
Accepted : 2024-04-01
Published : 2024-04-16
Abstract
In the last decade, several investigations have been carried out detailing how hearing problems in infants have an impact on their integral development. However, little has been studied about how parents are affected and what actions they take to counteract such situation. Therefore, the present study aims to analyze the coping styles of parents who have children with hearing impairment. A descriptive methodology with a cross-sectional quantitative approach was used to collect data from 20 parents attending a specialized educational center in Mexico City. The first instrument collected sociodemographic information and the second was the Coping Strategies Scale-Modified (EEC-M), which consists of 98 items of the frequentist type distributed in 14 dimensions. The second instrument was validated and adapted to obtain reliable data. The reliability of the instrument was α = 0.842. The results of the first instrument showed that only 30% received support from a family member and 65% did not. The second instrument showed that the “Never” option was the most selected, with the “Aggressive reaction” dimension obtaining the highest value. According to the data obtained, it is concluded that the plurality of strategies applied exists because of the different characteristics of the children and the different coping capacities of the parents.
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