Differences in adaptation to the child`s visual impairment of parents with impaired vision compared to parents without impaired vision

Saznanje za djetetovu dijagnozu oštećenja vida kod roditelja izaziva niz emocionalnih reakcija. Psihološka prilagodba sloţen je i dinamičan proces tijekom kojeg se roditelji koriste različitim strategijama suočavanja te se prilagoĎavaju funkcionalnim ograničenjima djeteta uzrokovanim oštećenjem vida. Cilj ovog rad bio je ispitati prilagodbu na djetetovo oštećenje vida roditelja oštećena vida u odnosu na roditelje neoštećena vida. U istraţivanju je sudjelovalo ukupno 46 roditelja djece oštećena vida, od kojih je 11 roditelja oštećena vida, a 35 su roditelji neoštećena vida. Za potrebe ovog rada korišten je novokreirani upitnik Prilagodba na djetetovo oštećenje vida roditelja oštećena vida u odnosu na roditelje neoštećena vida. Prikupljeni podatci analizirani su u računalnom statističkom programu IBM SPSS 23.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Rezultati ovog istraţivanja ukazuju na bolju prilagodbu na djetetovo oštećenje vida roditelja oštećena vida u odnosu na roditelje neoštećena vida. Obje skupine roditelja iskazale su bolju trenutnu prilagodbu na djetetovo oštećenje vida nakon proteka odreĎenog vremenskog perioda. Iako, roditelji oštećena vida su iskazali lošiju podršku svojih partnera i veći osjećaj krivnje za djetetovo oštećenje vida. Uz to, roditelji neoštećena vida iskazali su veću zabrinutost za djetetovu budućnost. Ovi rezultati upućuju na potrebu za usmjeravanjem paţnje na psihološke probleme roditelja djece oštećena vida. Vaţno je osigurati stručnu podršku roditeljima kako se ne bi osjećali sami u situacijama saznanja dijagnoze te sustavnu podršku tijekom odgoja djeteta oštećena vida.When the parents learn that their child has a vision handicap, they experience a range of emotions. Psychological adaptation is a complex and dynamic process during which parents use different coping strategies and adapt to the child's functional limitations caused by visual impairment. This study looked at how visually impaired parents adjusted to their child's visual impairment in comparison to non-visually impaired parents. The study involved 46 parents of visually impaired children, of whom 11 were visually impaired parents and 35 were parents without impaired vision. The newly developed questionnaire Adaptation to the Child's Visual Impairment, Visually Impaired Parents Compared to Parents Without Impaired Vision was utilized for the purposes of this study. The collected data were analyzed in the computer statistical program IBM SPSS 23.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). The results of this research indicate a better adaptation to the child's visual impairment of parents with impaired vision compared to parents without impaired vision. Both groups of parents showed a better immediate adaptation to the child's visual impairment after a certain period of time. Although, visually impaired parents reported poorer support from their partners and a greater sense of guilt for their child's visual impairment. In addition, parents with non-impaired vision expressed more concern for their child's future. These results point to the need to focus attention on the psychological problems of parents of visually impaired children. It is important to provide professional support to parents so that they do not feel alone in situations of finding out the diagnosis and systematic support during the upbringing of a visually impaired child