Abstract

PALAMIN, Maria Estela Guadagnucci; GUILHERME, Arnaldo; MOTTI, Telma Flores Genaro  and  RAFACHO, Marina Bigeli. Maternal anxiety during the process of hearing impairment diagnosis: contributions from psychological intervention. Rev. bras. educ. espec. [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.4, pp.569-580. ISSN 1413-6538.  https://doi.org//10.1590/S1413-65382014000400008.

The goal of this paper was to evaluate the level of anxiety of mothers of hearing impaired children through the application of the Sate-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), before and after audiological diagnosis procedures, counseling and psychological orientation were carried out by an interdisciplinary team. The participants were 164 mothers of children under six years old. During the psychological sessions we observed that the group helped the mothers, through sharing of experience among people that have experienced the same problems. The results indicated that the levels of Trait Anxiety and State Anxiety were reduced in a statistically significantly manner on the second application on the STAI. The highest levels of reduction were noticed among married mothers, aged 21 to 30 years, from low-medium social-economical level, incomplete elementary education, with children aged three to four years, with bilateral severe hearing loss.

Keywords : Special Education; Psychology; Anxiety; Hearing Impairment.

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