Self-Acceptance: Mental Health Among Mothers With Special Needs Children

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the role of self-acceptance in mediating the influence between gratitude and social support on subjective well-being. The sample criteria are mothers who have children with special needs aged 1 – 12 years. The number of samples used was 102 people. The sampling technique is purposive sampling. The instruments used to measure subjective well-being variables are SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale) and PANAS (Positive Affect Negative Affect Schedule), the gratitude variable is Gratitude-Questionnaire (GQ-6), the social support variable uses MSPSS (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support) and self-acceptance variables were measured using the Porter Parent Acceptance Scale (PPAS). Data analysis is in the form of mediation analysis with JASP version 18.3. The research results show that self-acceptance is proven to be able to significantly mediate the influence between gratitude and social support on subjective well-being. The influence of gratitude and social support on self-acceptance is 63.7% and the influence of gratitude, social support and self- acceptance on subjective well-being is 97.4%. This indicates that the role of gratitude and social support with the mediation of self-acceptance in forming subjective well-being is very large for mothers who have children with special needs.