Mansoor Soudani; Mahnaz Mehrabizadeh Hoanrmand; Zargham Zarghamian
Volume 3, Issue 10 , March 2013, , Pages 75-92
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate theefficacy of meaning training on resiliency and improving the lifequality of motherswith children of special needs in Borazjan city. 222 mothers completed thequestionnaire of World Health Organization Quality Of Life andConnor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Then ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate theefficacy of meaning training on resiliency and improving the lifequality of motherswith children of special needs in Borazjan city. 222 mothers completed thequestionnaire of World Health Organization Quality Of Life andConnor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Then 40 of these persons with one standarddeviation below the mean score in both questionnaires were selected randomlyfor testing the hypothesis. These 40 persons were divided into two groupsrandomly (experimental and control group). At first the two groups took apre-test, and then the experimental group received meaning training for 10 90-minutesessions. At the end, both groups took post-test simultaneously and after onemonth the follow-up test was done. The data of the study were analyzed by MANCOWA method. The results show that the meaning training hasincreased resiliency and improved the quality of life of the experimental groupin comparison with the control group.A Follow-up study after one month shows the usefulness of meaning training on resiliencyand quality of life