compare the effectiveness of mindfulness parenting training and compassion-based parenting on the psychological coherence of mothers with children with learning disabilities

The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness parenting training and compassion-based parenting on the psychological coherence of mothers with children with learning disabilities. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the research included the mothers of children with learning disorders in Gorgan City in 2022-2023 who had been referred to two government learning disorders centers (Shekofa and Dana in Gorgan City). 75 mothers were convenience Sampling selected and randomly divided into three groups (25 people in each group). The research tool included the scale of psychological coherence (SOC) of Antonovsky (1993). One experimental group received the intervention of mindfulness parenting training in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, and the other experimental group received compassion-based parenting in the form of 8 sessions of 90 minutes once a week. A mixed variance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the group of of mindfulness parenting training and compassion-based parenting had a significant effect on psychological coherence (P<0.001) and there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of the two groups (P>0.05). Examining the results of the test stages also showed that the post-test and follow-up showed a significant and stable increase compared to the pre-test (P<0.001). The results showed that both treatments were probably effective treatments for improving the psychological coherence of mothers with children with learning disabilities.