Mohsen Amiri, Reza Pourhosein, Saeed Taherian, Reza Gheydari, Mina Massomi,
Volume 17, Issue 65 (3-2018)
Abstract
Sensory problems during childhood and the severity of the effects of these sensory problems on parents are affected by many factors, among which the children use of new techniques and technologies can have an important impact on parent's interactions and psychological problems to the so This study aimed comparison family functioning, psychological well-being and daily stresses to parents with cochlear implant children and parent with deaf children. The research method was causal-comparative study. To do so, 80 parents of children with cochlear implant and parents with deaf children were selected using at-hand sampling. Both groups filled out family assessment device (FAD) (1983), sarafino daily stresses scale (1997) and psychological well-being ryff (1980). Independent sampling t test was used for analyzing data. The results showed psychological well-being and family functioning higher in parents children’s with cochlear implant in comparison with mothers of deaf children (P<0.05). On other hand the results showed there was no significant difference between the groups regarding the variables related to daily stresses. Therefore, it seems that parents of deaf children with cochlear implantation experience less psychological problems compared to the parents of deaf children without cochlear implantation, but like the parents of deaf children without cochlear implantation, they have the same daily tensions in dealing with the needs of the deaf child.
Mohsen Amiri, Reza Pourhosein, Sara Najafi, Lila Meraji, Mina Massomi,
Volume 17, Issue 66 (9-2018)
Abstract
Physical disabilities in childhood have a lot of negative psychological effects on the parents and their adaptation process with their disabling children is limited, hence one of the ways that can address the psychological problems of such parents It is important to teach mothers using cognitive techniques and behavioral techniques in the form of stress management. Therefore, the present study was aimed to investigate the effect of teaching stress management methods on mothers of children with physical motor disorders on mothers psychological well-being The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-and-post design with control group. Therefore, 24 mothers whose children were physical disabilities were chosen through at-hand sampling and were matched into experimental and control groups. The research instruments were ryff psychological well-being. Training mothers was accomplished in eight 90-minutes sessions. In the end, the two groups completed the questionnaires as post-test. The data was analyzed using ANCOVA. The results indicated the effect of stress management training methods on increase mothers psychological well-being (P<0.05) in experimental group in comparison control group. The findings show that the training of stress management methods has been effective in improving the psychological well-being of mothers of children with physical disabilities and reducing their psychological problems.