hossein abbasi; behrooz karimi; davood jafari
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Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on frustration tolerance and dysfunctional attitudes of mothers of students with Intellectual disabilities in malayer city. Methods this study was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test ...
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Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on frustration tolerance and dysfunctional attitudes of mothers of students with Intellectual disabilities in malayer city. Methods this study was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population consisted of all mothers of students with intellectual disabilities, male or female students in primary schools; especial for students with intellectual disabilities. The sample consisted of 32 mothers of students with intellectual disabilities who were selected as sample and 16 patients in the control group and experimental group, 16 patients were replaced. Mothers in the experimental group meetings Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group were exposed to eight 60-minute sessions, each session in a week, and the control group received no training. Both groups were measured via surveys frustration tolerance scale and dysfunctional attitudes a week before the first session and one week after the last session and 45 days after the last session. Results of the study, multivariate analysis of variance and analysis of variance and repeated measures analysis of variance showed that acceptance and commitment therapy on frustration tolerance and dysfunctional attitudes is effective. These results indicate that the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can adjust frustration tolerance and dysfunctional attitudes of mothers of children with intellectual disability and is a good way to reduce the problems.