Psychology of Exceptional Individuals

The Effect of Positive Psychological Intervention on Self-Efficacy, Resilience and Life Expectancy in Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Elham Mohammadi Bolban Abad 1
Mehdi Ghodrati 2
Amin Faraji 3

1 MA in Counseling, Payame Noor University, Qazvin, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

3 MA in Biostatistics, University of Rehabilitation Sciences and Social Health, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/jpe.2024.73876.2575
Abstract
Few studies have investigated how positive psychology can be applied for parents of children with intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive psychological intervention on self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. The semi-experimental research method was a pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. A sample of 20 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities were selected in a purposeful way and assigned to two experimental and control groups (10 people each group). The required information was collected through three questionnaires: Sherer General self-efficacy, Hope Schneider et al., and Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaire. Participants were evaluated before the intervention, then positive psychological intervention was implemented for the experimental group in 6 sessions, and re-evaluated in the post-test and follow-up stage. The data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance. The Results showed that positive psychological intervention improved self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. Therefore, it is suggested to use this intervention to improve self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities.

Keywords

Intellectual Disabilities
Positivity Psychological Intervention
Self-Efficacy
Life Expectancy
Resilience
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Psychology of Exceptional Individuals
Volume 14, Issue 53
Winter 2024
Pages 263-291

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