The effectiveness of schema therapy on distress tolerance and resilience of mothers with mentally retarded students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Psychology, Zahedan ‌Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran

2 Associate professor, Faculty of Educational and Psychology,Department of Psychology,University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

3 Assistant professor, Faculty of Educational and Psychology,Department of Psychology,University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality traits and psychological well-being with the quality of working life through mediation of perceived social support in nurses working in Dezful, Iran.
Materials and Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of this study was all nurses working in hospitals in Dezful, Iran. Among the statistical population, 120 people were selected through targeted sampling. To collect the data, the social support questionnaire of Zimet et al. (1988), personality traits (NEO), psychological well-being of Reef (1989), Walton's quality of working life (2003). The proposed model was evaluated using path analysis.
 Results: The findings of the study showed that direct traits of personality traits, psychological well-being and perceived social support to quality of working life as well as personality traits and psychological well-being to perceived social support were statistically significant (P<0.001). The results indicated that indirect relationship between personality traits and psychological well-being was significant through perceived social support with quality of working life (P<0.001).
 Conclusion: According to the obtained results, schema therapy can be recommended as an efficient method to increase distress tolerance and resilience of mothers who have mentally retarded students.

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