Analiza jakości relacji małżeńskich rodziców dziecka niepełnosprawnego w sytuacji stresu psychologicznego

Abstract

Analyzing the problem of family with disabled child experiencing the stress of everyday life several factors should be taken into account: external situational factors, internal factors of personality and community, the effects of functioning under stress and coping with the stress of disability. Stressors of everyday life, stages of family life and the process of adaptation of parents to the child’s disability were the situational factors. In contrast, the most important personality factors supporting the process of coping included remedial emotional resources, especially the differences in emotionality of women and men and the differences in emotional reactions to stress (coping strategies). Efficient and effective way to overcome the stress of disability was a collaboration of the spouses in the struggle with adversity. The quality of relationships in the family, especially understanding and acceptance of the marital dyad partners, was a decisive predictor of well-being and happiness of the entire family system.