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The aim of the research: to identify the relationship between the mother’s health culture in its axes (first aid, preventive health, food health, environmental health, mental health) and the child’s psychological and social adjustment in its dimensions (psychological adjustment, family adjustment, academic adjustment, health adjustment, religious adjustment) and formed The research sample consisted of 284 boys and girls in late childhood and their working and non-working mothers from different social and economic levels in rural and urban areas of Gharbia Governorate. The research followed the descriptive analytical approach, and the field study was applied in 2019/2020. The research used the general data form for mother and child - the mother's health education scale - the child's psychological and social adjustment scale (prepared by the researcher). The results of the search resulted in: 1- There is a positive, statistically significant correlation between the total psychological and social adjustment of the child and (first aid - preventive health - food health - environmental health - mental health - total health culture of the mother) at a significant level (0.01, 0.05, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01), respectively. 2- There is a positive, statistically significant correlation between each of the mother’s total health education and (father’s education level, mother’s education level, income) at the level of significance (0.01, 0.01, 0.05), respectively, and there is also a negative correlation, but it does not reach Significance limit between each of the mother's total health education and (number of family members, father's age, mother's age). 3- There is a positive, statistically significant correlation between each of the child’s total psychological and social adjustment and (father’s education level – mother’s education level) at the level of morality (0.01), and there is also a positive correlation relationship, but it does not reach the moral limit between each of the total psychological adjustment There is a negative correlation, but it does not reach the significant level between the total psychological and social adjustment of the child and the number of family members. 4- There is no discrepancy between the children of the study sample in (psychological adjustment - family adjustment) according to the level of health education of the mother, while there is a difference between the children of the study sample in (study adjustment - health adjustment - religious adjustment - total psychological adjustment and social) according to the mother's health education level in favor of the high level at the level of significance (0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.01), respectively. 5- There are no differences between working and non-working mothers in health education, as well as no differences between children of working and non-working mothers in psychological and social adjustment. 6- There are differences between males and females in academic adjustment in favor of females, and health adjustment in favor of males at the level of significance (0.05, 0.01), respectively, while there are no differences between males and females in (psychological adjustment, family adjustment, religious adjustment, overall psychological and social adjustment). 7- There is no discrepancy between mothers in (first aid - preventive health) according to the economic and social level, while there is a discrepancy between mothers in (food health - environmental health - mental health - total health education) according to the economic and social level in favor of the high level at Significance level (0.05, 0.01, 0.05, 0.01), respectively. 8- There is no discrepancy between children in (psychological adjustment - family adjustment - religious adjustment) according to the economic and social level. While there is a discrepancy between children in each of (scholastic adjustment - health adjustment - total psychological and social adjustment) according to the economic and social level in favor of the high level at the significance level of 0.05.
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Taha, Amal Mahmoud El-Sayed; Elzaki, Mona Mostafa; and Al Zeky, Shaimaa Moustafa
(2022)
"The health culture of the mother and its relationship to the psychological and social adjustment of the child,"
International Design Journal: Vol. 12:
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2, Article 30.
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https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/faa-design/vol12/iss2/30