The effectiveness of family-centered mindfulness-based therapy on resilience and rumination of mothers of children with specific learning disabilities
Subject Areas : Islamic-Iranian Family Studies Journal
Masoumeh Felegari
1
,
Afshin Salahian
2
,
Hassan Gharibi
3
,
somayeh saedi
4
,
Shayeste Chardavali
5
1 - M.A in Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj.Iran
5 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University,Sanandaj ,Iran
Keywords: resilience, learning disability, rumination, mindfulness,
Abstract :
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of family-centered mindfulness on resilience and rumination of mothers of children with specific learning disabilities. Method: This quasi-experimental study was performed on a sample of mothers of children with specific learning disabilities in Qorveh city. Using the available sampling method, 30 people were selected as the research sample and randomly divided into two groups of 15 in the experimental and control groups and the experimental group was trained in mindfulness exercises. In this study, data were collected by rumination questionnaires (1991) and resilience questionnaires (2003) before training (pre-test) and after training (post-test). Results: The results indicated that the training of mindfulness exercises has significant effects in increasing the resilience and reducing the rumination of mothers of children with specific learning disabilities. Conclusion: The findings indicated that by teaching mindfulness exercises to mothers of children with specific learning disabilities, their resilience can be increased and their rumination rate can be reduced.
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