Investigating the mediator role of psychological well-being in the relationship between social adequacy and mental health of adolescents with mental disabilities

Zohra Pourmirza Lilakohi¹ Hadiseh FazlAli² farshid fathy karkaragh³

1) Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch, Gilan, Tehran, Iran
2) MSc in Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
3) m.d of educational management from university of islamic azad (ardabil) , ardabil , iran

IOI Code : XEFA-HDBBF
Publication : 3th National Conference on Psychopathology(asruma3.ir)
Abstract :
    The subject of the current research is to investigate the role of mediator of psychological well-being in the relationship between social adequacy and mental health of adolescents with mental disabilities. This research, which is of a descriptive type, was carried out using the correlation and modeling method using the path analysis method. The statistical population of this research is all adolescents with mental disabilities aged 12 to 18 in Ardabil city. To select the sample, 30 adolescents (15 boys and 15 girls) with mental disabilities aged 12 to 18 years in Ardabil city were selected by non-random sampling method.In this study, we have used 3 mental health questionnaires SCL 90 (Dragotis et al., 1972), psychological well-being (Reif, 1980) and social adequacy (Felner et al., 1990), whose validity and reliability have been evaluated by psychologists and professors in this field. It has been proven. The results of statistical analysis showed that social adequacy can explain mental health with the mediator role of psychological well-being. In fact, the mediator role of psychological well-being in the relationship between social adequacy and mental health of adolescents with mental disability is positive and significant.

Keywords : mental health social adequacy psychological well being