Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Department of Psychology Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein ,, Iran
2 Department of psychology, Naein Branch, , Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran
3 Department of psychology, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran
Abstract
"The different perception of blind adolescents about their surrounding world and their relationships with parents leads to emotional and social problems in them, requiring parents' awareness of how to interact with a visually impaired child to demand more special attention. This research was conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of schema-based parenting on emotional self-regulation and parental rejection perception in blind adolescents. The research method was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages with a control group. Among blind adolescents aged 12 to 16 who were studying in special schools for the blind in Isfahan, 30 visually impaired adolescents along with their parents who met the research criteria were purposefully selected through targeted sampling and randomly assigned to two groups: experimental (15 participants) and control (15 participants). the experimental group, parents of blind adolescents received schema-based parenting intervention, while the control group did not receive any educational intervention. Emotional self-regulation and perceived parental rejection of blind adolescents in both groups were assessed in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and two months later. Data analysis showed that in the post-test stage compared to the pre-test, there was an increasing trend in emotional self-regulation variables and a decreasing trend in perceived parental rejection among blind adolescents in the experimental group. This effectiveness was maintained during the follow-up stage. Therefore, schema-based parenting programs can be used to enhance emotional self-regulation and improve the perception of parental rejection in blind adolescents.
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