Psychology
Dr.naser amini; mahboobeh Banani; Mahmood Borjali; Moloud Keykhosrsvani
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The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of parenting education based on acceptance and commitment and parenting based on positive psychology on the mother-child relationship. The research design was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with two experimental groups ...
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The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of parenting education based on acceptance and commitment and parenting based on positive psychology on the mother-child relationship. The research design was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with two experimental groups and one control group. The statistical population was the mothers of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder aged 8 to 12 years old in the 6th, 5th, and 2nd districts of Tehran city, in 2014-2016, and their number was 300. Using the available and targeted sampling method, 45 volunteer mothers were included in the study as the final sample size and were completely randomly divided into two experimental groups and a control group The tools of the current research are the mother-child relationship scale of Pianta (2011), the educational content of parenting based on acceptance and commitment by Kevin and Morrell (2009), the content of Seligman's positive psychology educational course. (2005). In order to analyze the data, descriptive indices (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (univariate analysis of covariance) were used in SPSS software version 22. The findings indicated that, between the educational group of parenting based on On acceptance and commitment, there was a significant difference in the mean score of the mother-child relationship between the parenting training group based on positive psychology and the control group .parenting education based on positive psychology had a greater effect on mother-child relationship in mothers of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder than parenting education based on paternalism and commitment
Atieh hajbabay ravandi; Parisa Tajali; Afsane Ghanaripanah; Mansooreh Shahriari Ahmadi
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a positive parenting program on general health and marital adjustment of mothers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The quasi-experimental research design was pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group. ...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a positive parenting program on general health and marital adjustment of mothers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The quasi-experimental research design was pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population of this study included all mothers of students aged 7 to 11 years with ADHD (dominant hyperactivity) in the academic year 1401-1400 in Tehran. The sample size consisted of 30 people who were selected by available sampling method and placed in two experimental and control groups. A positive parenting program was implemented for the experiment group, while the control group did not receive any training. The research tool included the General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg & Hillier, 1972) and Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976). The results indicated that a positive parenting program improved the general health and marital adjustment. The findings of this study provide a beneficial information about positive parenting program. Counselors and psychologists might practice these interventions to improve the general health and marital adjustment of mothers of children diagnosed with ADHD.
Tahereh hosseini ghomi; zahra jahanbakhshi
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Introduction: Many families involve problems due to have mental retardation child. Excessive stress and adjustment problems is only limited number of issues related to mental retardation diagnose in children. One of the appropriate strategies to promote mental health is resiliency. Resilience is the ...
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Introduction: Many families involve problems due to have mental retardation child. Excessive stress and adjustment problems is only limited number of issues related to mental retardation diagnose in children. One of the appropriate strategies to promote mental health is resiliency. Resilience is the human ability to adapt in the face of diseases, adversity, hardship and ongoing significant life stressors. This study has been done for the purpose of evaluating effect of resilience training on stress of mothers whose have children suffering mental retardation. Method: the statistical population of the study was all mothers of mental retardation children had educational files in Milad School during the years 1397-1398. The applied method was a semi-experimental design, consisting pretest- post test, and along with a control group. By available sampling, 30 mothers selected; they were put in 2 groups by random 15 of them in experimental group and 15 others in control group. Questionnaires of stress of Abedin and Goldberg mental health questionnaire were utilized for the both ones. The consequences of 8 session’s resilience training, through Covariance analysis(0/01 significance level), appeared that the mothers under the certain training have more promoted in increasing mental health and reduced stress than the mothers did not enjoy those trainings. The resilience training is associated with meaningful effect on reducing stress and increasing mental health of mothers
arezoo amini; asia shariatmadar
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on Catastrophizing and mental rumination in mothers of mentally retarded children. Semi-experimental and two-way pre-test and post-test design were used to conduct the research. To this end, the community of ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on Catastrophizing and mental rumination in mothers of mentally retarded children. Semi-experimental and two-way pre-test and post-test design were used to conduct the research. To this end, the community of mothers with mentally retarded children was selected in the 5th district of Tehran and 24 persons were recruited. After answering the research tools, they were randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups, while the experimental group Dialectic behavioral therapy interventions were received for 8 sessions of 1.5 hours, the control group did not receive any training. In this research, Garnsfaki, Greejeh and Spinhaven (2001) and Ruminative response scale (RRS) were used for collecting data. Finally, data were analyzed using covariance test. The results of post-test confirmed the significant reduction of the participants in the experimental group in ruminant and catastrophic components. Based on the findings of the study, dialectical behavior therapy had a significant positive effect on the reduction of catastrophizing and ruminating in mothers of mentally retarded children and can be used to improve the mental status of this group.
