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Showing 3 results for Reality Therapy
, , Volume 4, Issue 4 (6-2018)
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Introduction: In the process of the child’s suffering from learning disability, Caused mental burden in family members specially the mother. According to it, the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of group reality therapy on mental burden of the mothers of the children with learning disability in the town of PirBakran in Isfahan.
Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group design and follow-up stage. The statistical population of the current study included mothers of the children with learning disability in the town of PirBakran in Isfahan in academic year 2015-16. 30 mothers were selected through available non-random sampling method from the statistical population. The experimental group received of group reality therapy during 10-minute sessions a week for a meeting, received 90, While the control group during the study process of the intervention lacked above. The research instrument included mental burden questionnaire (Zarit et.al, 1986).
Findings: The results of data analysis showed that training reality therapy had significant effect on mental burden of the mothers of the children with learning disability at posttest and follow up stages (p<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, reality therapy method can be utilized to decrease mental burden of the mothers of the children with learning disability.
Maryam Ebrahimi, Sedighe Ebrahimi, Volume 7, Issue 2 (1-2021)
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Introduction: Since mothers of autistic children are exposed to various stressors, efforts to modify coping styles and cognitive distortions are particularly important. The aim of this study was to determine The Effectiveness of the Reality Therapy on the Rumination, Concern and Tolerance of Distress in Mothers of Autistic Children.
Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test, and control group. The statistical population of the study was mothers of autism children in Sari autism centers in 2018. Then, volunteers volunteered to answer the questionnaires of Nullen Hoeksma and Marrow (1991), Pennsylvania Concerns Questionnaire (PSWQ) Brown (2003) and Simon's and Wohshar's Distress Tolerance Questionnaire (2005). Thirty mothers with the highest scores in the rumination and low score scores in distress tolerance were selected as samples and divided into two groups: experimental and control. The treatment reality was applied to the experimental group in 8 sessions. At the end of the course, both groups completed the above questionnaires as a post-test. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis.
Results: The results showed that the therapeutic reality has an effect on reducing the rumination and anxiety of mothers of autistic children, and also increases the distress tolerance of autistic children mothers (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Due to the effectiveness of this method, it is recommended to use autism to reduce the risk of rumination and concern and increase the tolerance of autistic children's mothers.
Fatemeh Abdollahi, Narges Sadeghi, Maryam Moghimian, Volume 7, Issue 3 (3-2021)
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Introduction: Mothers of children are exposed to crises in understanding their child's illness and condition that affect family functioning and lifestyle and require intervention. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reality therapy on hope in mothers of children with cancer.
Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with two groups designing pre and post-test with a control group that that was done in 2019. The sample was 70 mothers of children with cancer admitted to the oncology ward of Fatemeh Masoumeh Hospital in Qom that was selected based on inclusion criteria and available sampling and randomly divided into intervention and control groups using the envelope method. The intervention group participated in 8 sessions of group training focused on reality therapy in 60-minute and the control group received routine care. The data collection tools were a demographic and Miller Hope Questionnaire which was completed in two groups before and after the intervention.
Results: The mean score of hope before training was 71.58 ±27.07 in the intervention group and 72.37 ±18.86 in the control group that there was no significant difference (P = 0.89). After training, the mean score of hope in the intervention group was 150.28 ±12.93 and in the control group, it was 70.32 ± 19.89. Findings showed that after reality therapy, the expectation of mothers was significantly different in the intervention and control groups (P <0.001).
Conclusion: In this study, reality therapy was effective in the hope of mothers of children with cancer. Therefore, it is suggested that this intervention be considered in support of family, especially mothers, given the importance of family hope in the process of child treatment and family life process.
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