Mohamed Ahmed, Opoku Maxwell Peprah, Almarzooqi Shamsa, Ramadan Rana, Gyimah Ebenezer Mensah
Department of Special and Gifted Education, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Jul 22;13(1):813. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03086-0.
Community-based rehabilitation has been advocated as an effective way to promote the participation of children with disabilities, such as those with intellectual disabilities (ID), in services located within their communities. While children with ID have reduced cognitive, social and physical abilities, the extent of involvement of fathers in their parenting is unresearched in countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The current study presents an exploration of the involvement of fathers of children with ID in their upbringing.
A total of 152 fathers of children with ID completed a questionnaire known as Fathers' Involvement in Development and Rehabilitation Scale which is made up of three sub-scales: attitudes, support and participation in training. SPSS was used for the computation of means, correlations, linear regressions and moderation analyses.
Fathers rated themselves positively on each of the tenets of involvement, which also correlated positively with each other. The country of origin of fathers and the level of needs of children impacted or moderated the relationship between the tenets of involvement.
The study findings have implication for policy with a recommendation for tailored training programmes for fathers based on their unique characteristics or situations in the UAE.
基于社区的康复被倡导为促进残疾儿童，如智障儿童，参与其所在社区服务的有效方式。虽然智障儿童的认知、社交和身体能力有所下降，但在阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）等国家，父亲在育儿过程中的参与程度尚未得到研究。
本研究旨在探讨智障儿童父亲在其子女成长过程中的参与情况。
共有152名智障儿童的父亲完成了一份名为“父亲在发展与康复中的参与量表”的问卷，该问卷由三个子量表组成：态度、支持和参与培训。使用SPSS进行均值计算、相关性分析、线性回归分析和调节分析。
父亲们在参与的各个原则上对自己评价积极，这些原则之间也呈正相关。父亲的原籍国和孩子的需求水平影响或调节了参与原则之间的关系。
研究结果对政策制定有启示，建议根据阿联酋父亲们的独特特征或情况为他们量身定制培训项目。
