The Effectiveness of Teaching Positive Thinking Skills with Emphasis on Religious Teachings on Resilience and Anger Management in Mothers of Children with Learning Disorder
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https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.pdmd.3.3.12Keywords:
Positive Thinking Skills, Religious Teachings, Resilience, Anger Management, Learning DisorderAbstract
Background and Objective: Mothers of children with learning disabilities face many challenges, especially in the fields of resilience and anger management, and considering the cultural and religious context of Iran, it seems that teaching positive thinking skills with emphasis on religious teachings is effective in this field. As a result, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of teaching positive thinking skills with emphasis on religious teachings on resilience and anger management in mothers of children with learning disorder.
Methods and Materials: This research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was a semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The study statistical population was the mothers of children with learning disorder in the 16th district of Tehran city in 2023 year. The sample of the research was 30 people who were selected by purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned into two equal groups. The experimental group received 10 sessions of 90 minute by teaching positive thinking skills with emphasis on religious teachings and during this time the control group did not receive any intervention. The research tools were included Connor and Davidson's resilience scale (2003) and Spielberger's anger management inventory (1999) and its data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance method in SPSS version 25 software.
Findings: The findings showed that teaching positive thinking skills with emphasis on religious teachings increased resilience and anger management in mothers of children with learning disorder (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, to improve resilience and anger management can be used the teaching positive thinking skills with emphasis on religious teachings method along with other educational methods.
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