TY - JOUR T1 - COMPARING ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION LEVELS OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN’S PARENTS AND NORMALLY DEVELOPED CHILDREN’S PARENTS AU - Gülay, Hülya PY - 2010 DA - April JF - Education Sciences JO - NWSA PB - E-Journal of New World Sciences Academy WT - DergiPark SN - 1308-7274 SP - 742 EP - 750 VL - 5 IS - 3 LA - tr AB - The purpose of this research was to compare the acceptance and rejection levels of the parents of mentally handicapped children and parents of normally developed children. The sample of the study consisted of the parents of 80 mentally handicapped children (8-18 years old) attending special education schools and parents of 80 normal children (9-12 years old) attending primary schools in Istanbul. According to research results being parents of mentally handicapped children has an effect on parent’s acceptance-rejection levels. Parents of mentally retarded children have more rejection than the parents of normally developed children. KW - Parental Acceptance KW - Parental Rejection KW - Mentally Handicapped Children KW - Developmentally Normal Children KW - Lower Socio-Economic Status UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/nwsaedu/issue//212286 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/185779 ER -