TY - JOUR AU - Alias, Noor Amiera AU - Ghafar, Isma Hanis AU - Azizan, Azliyana PY - 2019/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Stress Coping Mechanism of Children with Learning Disabilities and Effects on Life Satisfaction of Caregivers JF - Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal JA - E-BPJ VL - 4 IS - 12 SE - Children / Youth Environment DO - 10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1912 UR - https://ebpj.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/EBProceedings/article/view/1912 SP - 11-16 AB - <a style="cursor: pointer;" href="https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog?doi=10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1912&amp;domain=ebpj.e-iph.co.uk&amp;uri_scheme=http;cm_version=v2.0" data-target="crossmark"><img src="/xmark.jpg" alt="" /></a><p>The caregiver used variety type of coping mechanism to cope with the challenges in raising children with Learning disabilities (Ld). This study aims to identify the correlation between the coping mechanisms used and life satisfaction. The study found that the reframing (p = .018), acquiring social support (p =. 006)and seeking spiritual support (p = .041) have positive correlation while a passive appraisal (p =. 021), has negative correlation with the life satisfaction. Thus, the selected coping mechanisms used may influence caregivers in having a good life satisfaction across the life span subsequently give a positive propensity upbringing childhood with Ld.</p><p>Keywords: Caregiver;Learning Disability; Coping mechanism; Life Satisfaction</p><p><em>eISSN: 2398-4287 </em><em>© 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning &amp; Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.</em></p><div><p>DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1912</p></div> ER -