Volume 4, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 247 - 262

Author(s) : Asiye, salmanvandzade* ¹ , Majid, alinejadian ²

Abstract :
The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on parenting stress, cognitive flexibilit were mothers of children with learning disabilities. Methods this study was a quasi-experimental design with two groups (test and control) and pre-test and post-test, the population of all the mothers of children with learning disability centers in Ahvaz in the second half of 2016 were. Among which 40 men and 20 women randomly assigned to the control group and 20 patients in the experimental group and the experimental group participated in eight sessions of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy control group did not receive any intervention. Both at the beginning and end of the intervention questionnaires, cognitive flexibility, Parenting Stress Index Scale, were evaluated.Data collected by descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance) were analyzed. Analysis of data showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves cognitive flexibility and parental stress in the experimental group was. It is suggested that the results in health and education programs for parents with children with learning disabilities should be used.

Keywords :
learning disabilities, parenting stress, cognitive flexibility, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy