The effectiveness of parent management training on mother-child relationships and self- criticism mothers of children with intellectual disability
Subject Areas : Educational Scienceسمیه تکلوی 1 , Mehdi Jahangiri 2
1 - عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اردبیل
2 - clinical psychology, University of Islamic Azad, Ardabil Branch, Iran
Keywords: intellectual disability, parent management, mother-child relationships, self-criticism,
Abstract :
The aim of study was to investigate the effectiveness of parent management training program on mother-child relationships and self- criticism mothers of children with intellectual disability. This study is a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test in two groups (experimental and control) respectively. The population consisted of all mothers of children with intellectual disability (care centers and special schools) Pars Abad city in 1395 that 30 individuals were selected by convenience sampling method and were replaced in two experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. Parent-Child Relationship Scale and levels of self- criticism were used to collect data. The experimental group received 8 sessions of 60-minute of parent management training and a control group remained with no intervention. The data analysis was performed by MANOVA. . The hypothesis of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of parent management training program on mother-child relationships and self- criticism mothers of children with intellectual disability. Results showed that parent management training programs enhance the mother-child relationship and its components and reduce self-criticism and its components in mothers of children with intellectual disability. As a result, it can be stated, parent management training program can be an efficient method to improve mother-child relationships and self-criticism decline in mothers of children with intellectual disability.
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