The effectiveness of schema in Mani on enduring anxiety and resilience of mothers with mentally retarded students

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Department of Psychology, Zahedan Azad University

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Introduction: The presence of a mentally retarded child in the family has negative and irreparable effects on parents, especially mothers. The aim of this study was the effectiveness of schema in Mani on the tolerance and distress of mothers with mentally retarded children in Zahedan.

Methods: The research method is quasi-experimental and is a pre-test post-test design with a control group. In this study, the method of voluntary non-probability sampling and random assignment was used. Thus, among the mothers of students in special schools in districts 1 and 2 of Zahedan, 30 people were selected voluntarily and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received educational intervention in 8 sessions of 90 minutes over two months. In order to collect research data, distress tolerance questionnaire and resilience questionnaire (Connor and Davidson) were used. The collected data were analyzed by software using covariance method.

. Results: The results of the present study showed that schema therapy has been effective on distress tolerance and resilience of mothers with mentally retarded children. Therefore, it can be said that schema therapy training has been effective on increasing anxiety tolerance.

Conclusion: According to the findings, schema therapy can be suggested as an effective method to increase anxiety tolerance and resilience in mothers with mentally retarded children.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 27 November 2021

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