Effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment on Resilience mothers of children with mental retardation

The aim of Present study was study the effectiveness of therapy based on acceptance and commitment on Resiliency mothers of children with mental retardation. Study type was semi experimental, pretest-posttest design with control group and the follow up. Population include all mothers of children with mental retardation whose children were studying at exceptional schools in Dezful city in the academic year of 2016-2017. . 30 Mother were chosen with Multi-step cluster sampling method and assigned into tow experimental and control groups randomly (each group n=15). The experimental group received group therapy in 10 sessions of 90 minutes (2 session weekly)and The control group did not receive group therapy. The Instruments was Friborg Revised Resiliencyscale (2003). data analyzed with analyze of variance. The results showed that there is significant differences in level Posttest and Follow up between experimental and control groups in Resiliency (p>0/001). According to research findings, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment is an effective method in increasing the resiliency in mothers with mental retardation children.