Life stresses and its relationship to self-efficacy among physically handicapped

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Faculty of Social Work - Helwan University

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The study aimed to determining the relationship between life stresses and self-efficacy among the physically disabled, and determining the differences between the average scores of males and females in the study sample for each of the life stresses and self-efficacy. An objective sample of (100) individuals with physical disabilities (44 males, 56 females) was selected. The results of the study concluded that there is a statistically significant inverse relationship at a significant level (0.01) between the dimensions of self-efficacy as a whole and the dimensions of life stresses as a whole for the physically disabled. There are significant statistically significant differences for at the level of significance (0.01) between the mean scores of (males and females) of the study sample on the life stresses scale and the self-efficacy scale for the females The current study also found indications for the role of the social worker in alleviating life stresses and developing self-efficacy for the physically disabled in the light of cognitive-behavioral therapy as well as the ecological theory.

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