Self-Compassion Among Mothers Of Students With Learning Disabilities In The Sultanate Of Oman

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of self-compassion among mothers of students with learning disabilities in the sultanate of Oman. The study sample cosisted of (142) mothers of students with learning disabilities which was shosen randomly. The descriptive design was used by using Self-compassion scale prepared by Neff (2010) and translated to Arabic version by Al-Jundi and Tantawi (2020), it consisted of (26) items distributed on six domains. The results showed that the level of self-compassion among the mothers of students with learning disabilities in the sultanate of Oman was high (M=3.45; SD=0.37). The mindfulness domain was the highest, followed by common human relations, self-pity, self judgment, then excessive empathy domains respectivly. Whilst the reclusiveness domain was the lowest. According to variables, the results showed that there are no significant differences in the level of self-compassion among the mothers of students with learning disabilities due to the student’s gender, mother’s age, and mother’s employment variables.