Ali Sheykholreslami; Nastaran seyedesmaili ghomi
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The purpose of this study was to investigate effectiveness of mindfulness-based techniques on psychological distress (stress, anxiety and depression) of mothers of child with special learning disability. The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate effectiveness of mindfulness-based techniques on psychological distress (stress, anxiety and depression) of mothers of child with special learning disability. The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of study included mothers of students of learning disability centers in Ardabil city in the year of 2018, That among them by using available method, 40 mothers were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental group (20 individuals) and control group (20 individuals). The experimental group had received 8 sessions of mindfulness-based techniques. Stress, anxiety and depression questionnaire (DASS) used to data gathering. Data were analyzed by multivariate covariance statistical method. Findings indicated that the research hypothesis of effect of mindfulness-based techniques on psychological distress (stress, anxiety and depression) of mothers of child with special learning disability had been proven and mothers of experimental group in comparison with control group, in posttest had a significantly less psychological distress (stress, anxiety and depression). So, we can conclude that mindfulness-based techniques Training has a significant effect on psychological distress (stress, anxiety and depression) of mothers of child with special learning disability.
Nastaran Seyed Esmaili Qomi; Ali Sheykholeslami
Volume 3, Issue 10 , March 2013, , Pages 113-128
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The purpose of this study is to comparesigns of anxiety and depression in draw a person test in mentally retarded andnormal students. In this descriptive research, the statistical population consistsof all 11 year-old educable mentally retarded and normal students of Shahriyarcity in the academic ...
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The purpose of this study is to comparesigns of anxiety and depression in draw a person test in mentally retarded andnormal students. In this descriptive research, the statistical population consistsof all 11 year-old educable mentally retarded and normal students of Shahriyarcity in the academic year of 2011-2012. 33 educable mentally retarded students areselected through convenient sampling and 33 normal students were selectedusing cluster random sampling. Draw a person test (DAP) is used to collectinformation. The data re analyzed using Mann-Whitney test.The results show that there is significantdifference in the rate of anxiety and depression between educable mentallyretarded and normal students reflected in their drawings. This means thateducable mentally retarded students had shown greater measures of anxiety anddepression in their drawings