Effectiveness of mindfulness Group Therapy on resilience of the mothers of children with Physical-motor disabilities

Riahi, Mousa; Malekitabar, Mahmoud; Farahbakhsh, Kiumars; Salary Esker, Ali

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Riahi M, Malekitabar M, Farahbakhsh K, Salary Esker A. Effectiveness of mindfulness Group Therapy on resilience of the mothers of children with Physical-motor disabilities. MEJDS 2017; 7 :106-106
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Effectiveness of mindfulness Group Therapy on resilience of the mothers of children with Physical-motor disabilities

Mousa Riahi ^*

¹, Mahmoud Malekitabar¹

, Kiumars Farahbakhsh¹

, Ali Salary Esker²

1- Allameh Tabataba’i University
2- Shahid Rajaee University

Abstract: (2449 Views)

Background & Objective: Considering the fact that a disabled child brings about main problems including reduced resilience of their parents, especially a mother, the present study aimed at studying the effectiveness of mindfulness group therapy on increasing the resilience of mothers with physical-motor disabilities.
Methods: 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. Subjects in experimental group participated in 8 sessions of mindfulness group therapy (90 minutes session per week). Data was gathered through the resilience scale administered before and after the study treatment. To analyze the data repeated test measurements used.
Results: Mindfulness group therapy could significantly increase the resilience of mothers with disabilities children in experimental group (p<0.05; F=4.7). These results were maintained at follow-up one month (p>0.05; t=0.609).
Conclusion: Mindfulness group therapy could significantly increase the resilience of mothers with physical-motor disabilities.

Keywords: Mindfulness, Resilience, Physical-motor disabilities.

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Type of Study: Original Research Article | Subject: Psychology

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