Psychological Resilience and its Relationship to Future Anxiety among Widowed Mothers

Abstract

The study aimed to explore the level of psychological resilience and future anxiety and the relationship between them among a sample of widowed mothers. The study followed the descriptive, correlational methodology. The study sample consisted of (100) widowed mothers registered with the Islamic Center Society in Amman. To achieve the objectives of the study, a scale was developed. The psychological resilience scale, which consisted of (26) items, and the future anxiety scale, which consisted of (25) items. And their validity and reliability were extracted. The results showed a low level of psychological resilience among widowed mothers, and a high level of future anxiety among them. They also showed a negative correlation between psychological resilience and future anxiety for widowed mothers.