Basma Mohammad Al-Hawamdeh, Esra'a Omar Abu-Alkeshek, Mahmoud Ali Rababah, Baker Mohammad Bani-Khair, Suzie Yaseen Rababa'h, Luqman Mahmoud Rababah, Christian Wiradendi Wolor
Objectives: This study investigates the impediments to marriage for persons with physical disabilities from their perspectives. Methods: The study’s sample encompassed 442 people with physical disabilities (203 female and 239 male). A questionnaire consisting of 22 items distributed on four dimensions (physical disability-related obstacles, psychological obstacles, support system barriers, and economic obstacles) to collect data. The means and standard deviations, and ANOVA were used to address the obstacles of marriage and their correlation with certain variables among persons with physical disabilities. Results: The results revealed that the obstacles to marriage for persons with physical disabilities were of a moderate degree. Psychological barriers were found to have the greatest impact, followed by social barriers. Challenges related to the attitudinal type had the least impact. The analysis of participants’ responses across the scale’s sections for gender, academic level, and marital status showed no statistically significant differences. However, significant differences were detected based on the specialization variable in favour of students from scientific colleges. Conclusions: The findings revealed some obstacles to marriage for people with physical disabilities, at least not from their point of view. The most impactful barriers were found to be psychological and social ones, while attitudinal barriers had the least effect. The study suggests that specialised mental health services should be provided to help individuals with disabilities cope with psychological and social pressures. These services can include educational programmes on how to handle the challenges faced by couples with disabilities and provide specialised marital counselling. © 2026 DSR Publishers/ The University of Jordan.
Department of Curricula and Instruction, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Jerash University, Jordan; Education Department, College of Education, Arab Open University, Jordan; Department of English Language and Literature, Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan; Department of English, Faculty of Arts, The Hashemite University, Jordan; Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jadara University, Jordan; English and Literature Department, Faculty of Arts and Languages, Jadara University, Jordan; Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia
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