The prediction of parenting stress based on meta-parenting, self- compassion and subjective vitality among mothers of children with hearing impairment

The purpose of this study was to predict parenting stress based on meta-parenting, self-compassion, and subjective vitality among mothers of children with hearing impairment. The research method is quantitative and correlational. The statistical population of the study was all mothers with children with hearing impairment in Tehran in the academic year 2020-2021, 150 of whom entered the study by convenience sampling method. Participants answered the parenting stress index (Abidin, 1995), meta-parenting questionnaire (Hawk and Holden, 2006), self-compassion scale (Neff, 2003), and subjective vitality scale (Ryan and Frederick, 1997). The data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. Findings showed that there was a negative and significant correlation between meta-parenting, self-compassion, and subjective vitality with parenting stress (P<0/01). Regression analyses also revealed that %66/4 of the variance of parenting stress was explained by meta-parenting, self-compassion, and subjective vitality. The findings of this study show that parenting stress of mothers with children with hearing impairment can be reduced by promoting meta-parenting, self-compassion, and subjective vitality.