Activating the psychological empowerment of psychologists to reduce self-harm of the autistic child

Sawwan, Heba Mohamed Abdel Hamid; Yassin, Supervised By: Prof. Dr. Hamdy Mohammad

doi:10.21608/erji.2025.454331

Activating the psychological empowerment of psychologists to reduce self-harm of the autistic child

Document Type : Original research article

Authors

¹ Master's Researcher - Educational Psychology - Faculty of women - Ain Shams University

² Prof. of Psychology - Faculty of Girls - Ain Shams University

10.21608/erji.2025.454331

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the variance in psychological empowerment of psychologists and the variance in self-harm among autistic children. The study sample consisted of (N = 10) children (7) males and (3) females, aged between (9-12) years, with a mean age of (10.35) and a standard deviation of (1.30). The study sample also included (N = 10) psychologists (N = 6) females and (N = 4) males, working at SEKEM School, Fajr School, Sharqia Governorate. The study tools included the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (Fifth Edition), prepared by Mahmoud Abu El-Nil and Mohamed Taha (2011), the Autism Spectrum Disorder Severity Scale - Third Edition (GARS-3), defined by Adel Abdullah and Abeer Abu El-Majd (2020), and the Common Characteristics of Autistic Children Scale (prepared by the researcher). A self-harm scale for autistic children (prepared by the researcher), and a counseling program based on activating psychological empowerment for psychologists to reduce self-harm in autistic children (prepared by the researcher). The results of the study revealed to: There is a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean degrees of the experimental group on the pre- and post-measurements of the self-harm scale. There is no statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean degrees of the experimental group on the post- and follow-up measurements of the self-harm scale. There is a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean degrees of the experimental group on the pre- and post-measurements of the psychological empowerment scale. There is no statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean degrees of the experimental group on the post- and follow-up measurements of the psychological empowerment scale.

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