جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « mothers with exceptional children » در نشریات گروه « روانشناسی »

The study aimed to investigate the effect of increasing patience group training on self-efficacy and attitude of mothers with exceptional children. This quasi-experimental study involved a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The population of the study included all mothers with exceptional children in Mashhad who were registered with the exceptional education department in Khorasan province. Voluntary participation and sample selection using random sampling were utilized. Thirty-two mothers of exceptional children were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (16 participants per group). The instruments used to measure the study variables were the patience, Domka self-efficacy, and parents' attitudes toward exceptional children questionnaires. A pre-test was conducted on both groups. The experimental group underwent ten sessions of patience training, while no training was provided to the control group. After the training sessions, both groups took the questionnaires again (post-test). Data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and multivariate analysis of covariance (MONCOVA). The results revealed that patience training led to enhanced self-efficacy, reduced hopelessness, improved attitude, increased failure tolerance, and lower levels of shame in mothers with exceptional children. As a result, it is recommended that counselors and psychologists focus on patience training in family education programs and groups of parents of exceptional children.

Considering this fact that an exceptional child brings about main problems including reduced resilience of their parents, especially their mothers, the present study aimed at studying the effectiveness of mindfulness. Group Therapy on increasing the resilience of mothers with exceptional children. The design of this clinical study was pretest-posttest with control group. Participants were 30 mothers with exceptional children who were selected through Convenience method and assigned randomly to experimental and control groups. The subjects in experimental group participated in 8 sessions of mindfulness Group Therapy (a 90 minute session per week). Data was gathered through the resilience scale administered before and after the study treatment. To analyze the data repeated test measurements were used. mindfulness Group Therapy could significantly increase the resilience of mothers with exceptional children in experimental group . Acceptance and Commitment Group Therapy could significantly increase the resilience of mothers with exceptional children