استراتجيات التنظيم الانفعالي لدى أولياء الطفل المعاق عقليا

        The study aimed to reveal the emotional regulation strategies most commonly used by parents of mentally disabled children, and the extent of the difference that exists according to the gender variable in the use of one of the following strategies: (self-blame, acceptance, rumination, positive refocus, focus on plans, positive re-evaluation, putting things in perspective, exaggerating, blaming others). To find out, the Emotional Regulation Strategies Scale (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2007) was applied to a study sample of 120 parents. The results indicated that the most frequently used strategies are positive strategies issued by Acceptance style. The results also indicated that mothers are more likely to use negative strategies compared to fathers

       Keywords: Emotion regulation, Mental handicap.