The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children

The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of hope therapy on improvement of depression and quality of life among mothers of intellectual disability children. The r...

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Main Authors: Maliheh Shahrestani, Abolfazl Karami, Mohsen Doostkam, Amir Hossein Alimohammadi
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2013-06-01
Series:Ravānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī
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Online Access:https://jpe.atu.ac.ir/article_2174_c7ed50a51a1c51a1a4291f00d93a28be.pdf
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author Maliheh Shahrestani
Abolfazl Karami
Mohsen Doostkam
Amir Hossein Alimohammadi
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Mohsen Doostkam
Amir Hossein Alimohammadi
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description The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of hope therapy on improvement of depression and quality of life among mothers of intellectual disability children. The research procedure is quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and control group. Research population consists of mothers of intellectual disability whose children have been students of 28 exceptional schools in the academic year of 2011-2012 in Mashhad. 30mothers of intellectually disable children are selected by using multistage cluster sampling and are and randomly assigned in two experimental (15 persons) and control groups (15 persons). The experimental group receives hope therapy training for 6 sessions. The data are gathered by using Beck Depression Inventory-Õ and the brief form of quality of life questionnaires. Questionnaires are completed by both experimental and control groups in three stages before, after and 4 weeks after the intervention (follow-up phase). The results are analyzed with Moncova using SPSS 18 software. The Moncova analysis results show that there is significant difference between average scores of experimental and control groups in both post-test and follow-up stages )P<0/001). As a conclusion, hope therapy training is quite effective in improving depression and quality of life in mothers of intellectually children.
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spelling doaj.art-a1f3234215224b32aa6189eb6fee1c2f2023-12-24T07:11:09ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressRavānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī2252-00312476-647X2013-06-0139931102174The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability ChildrenMaliheh ShahrestaniAbolfazl KaramiMohsen DoostkamAmir Hossein AlimohammadiThe Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of hope therapy on improvement of depression and quality of life among mothers of intellectual disability children. The research procedure is quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and control group. Research population consists of mothers of intellectual disability whose children have been students of 28 exceptional schools in the academic year of 2011-2012 in Mashhad. 30mothers of intellectually disable children are selected by using multistage cluster sampling and are and randomly assigned in two experimental (15 persons) and control groups (15 persons). The experimental group receives hope therapy training for 6 sessions. The data are gathered by using Beck Depression Inventory-Õ and the brief form of quality of life questionnaires. Questionnaires are completed by both experimental and control groups in three stages before, after and 4 weeks after the intervention (follow-up phase). The results are analyzed with Moncova using SPSS 18 software. The Moncova analysis results show that there is significant difference between average scores of experimental and control groups in both post-test and follow-up stages )P<0/001). As a conclusion, hope therapy training is quite effective in improving depression and quality of life in mothers of intellectually children.https://jpe.atu.ac.ir/article_2174_c7ed50a51a1c51a1a4291f00d93a28be.pdfintellectually disabilitydepressionquality of lifehope therapy
spellingShingle Maliheh Shahrestani
Abolfazl Karami
Mohsen Doostkam
Amir Hossein Alimohammadi
The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children
Ravānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī
intellectually disability
depression
quality of life
hope therapy
title The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children
title_full The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children
title_fullStr The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children
title_full_unstemmed The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children
title_short The Effectiveness of Hope Therapy on Improving Depression and Quality of Life among Mothers of Intellectual Disability Children
title_sort effectiveness of hope therapy on improving depression and quality of life among mothers of intellectual disability children
topic intellectually disability
depression
quality of life
hope therapy
url https://jpe.atu.ac.ir/article_2174_c7ed50a51a1c51a1a4291f00d93a28be.pdf
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