The Effectiveness of Resilience Training on Resilience and Its Component in Siblings of Children with Down Syndrome

The aim of this study was investigating the effects of resilience training on resilience in siblings of children with Down syndrome. In this study a semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and follow up design was applied. Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale (2003) and Prince-Embury Resilience Scale (2007) were used for measuring of adolescents’ resilience. The sample size includes 30 adolescents (14- 18ys) having sibling with Down syndrome that assigned for experimental and control groups randomly. Analyzing of data is performed by using Mix Anova with repeated measure design. Results reveal that resilience and its component in siblings of children with Down syndrome in experimental group significantly improved and their Emotional vulnerability significantly decreased. Also, these results were permanent in the follow up step (p≤0/05). According to the findings of the study it can be concluded that resiliency skills training enhance the resilience in siblings of children with Down syndrome.