Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammadbagher hasanvand ¹
• Fatemeh Nasr Esfahani ²
• Seyede Masoomeh Hoseini ³

¹ Allameh Tabatabai University

² Islamic Azad University, Department of Research Sciences

³ Imam Khomeini International University (RA)

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of social emotional therapy (non-violent communication) on resilience and social adaptation of intellectually disabled students. The research method was considered semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included students with intellectual disabilities in Tehran, who were studying in 2024, and 30 people were selected by available sampling and 15 people were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 15 people to the control group. The students of the experimental group participated in social emotional therapy sessions. Both groups were evaluated with Vineland's Social Adjustment Questionnaire (SAQ) and Dorner's Resilience Questionnaire (RQ). The results were analyzed by the covariance test. The results showed that social emotional therapy has led to an increase in resilience and social adaptation of the experimental group compared to the control group (p<0.05). Social emotional therapy can be used as one of the upcoming interventions to promote social adaptation and resilience of intellectually disabled children.

Keywords

• Social Emotional Therapy
• Resilience
• Social Adaptation
• Intellectual disability