The Effectiveness of Resiliency Training Program on the Components of Quality of Life in Mothers with Hearing-Impaired Children

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Cite this paper Get the citation in MLA, APA, or Chicago styles Downloaded from Academia.edu  Related papers Effect iveness of resiliency t raining program on t he component s of qualit y of life in mot hers … Guit a Movallali Parent al St ress and Ment al Healt h in Mot hers of Children wit h Hearing Impairment : T he Effect ivenes… Guit a Movallali T he effect s of t he accept ance and commit ment t herapy on t he experient ial avoidance and int oleran… AVR Journal Download a PDF Pack of t he best relat ed papers  Abstract: The birth of a child with hearing impairment in a family will cause chaos and inconvenience among family members. This will affect the quality of life and welfare of parents. The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a resilience-raising programme on the components of the quality of life in mothers with hearing-impaired children. This study is quasi-experimental with a pre-test, a post-test and a control group. The sample population includes all the mothers with hearing-impaired children in district 13 of Tehran's municipality. These mothers were selected using the convenience sampling method from a hearing impairment centre in the district. The samples were randomly assigned in the experimental group (n = 15) and the control group (n = 15). The resilience questionnaire by Conner and Davidson the short form of the parental stress index by Abidin and the parent-child relationship questionnaire by Forman were used in the pretest and posttest. The experimental group was treated with a "resilience-raising programme" in 9 sessions of 90 minutes each. The results were analysed using ANCOVA in SPSS. The results suggested that the degree of resilience and improvement of mother-child relationships were significantly higher in mothers treated with this programme compared with those who were not, and the group's parental stress was lowered. The resilience-raising programme can be effective in improving the quality of life in mothers with hearing-impaired children.