Comparing the Effectiveness of Parenting Education Based on the Double ABCX Model and Compassion-Based Parenting on the Mother-Child Relationship and Behavioral Problems of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Intellectual and Developmental Disability is a disorder that affects individuals’ adaptive and intelligent performance in practical, social, and conceptual areas. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of parenting education based on the Double ABCX model and compassion-based parenting on the mother-child relationship and behavioral problems in children was an intelligence disabilities. The present research employed an experimental research with pretest-posttest, and follow-up design. The subjects were screened based on inclusion criteria, then 45 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities were selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (each group contained15 subjects). Mothers participated in 10 sessions of the Double ABCX program intervention, and in 8 sessions of compassion-based parenting, while the control group did not receive any intervention. The research instruments included The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Mother-Child Relationship Questionnaire, performed for all subjects in each of the three stages. Data analysis was conducted using repeated measures. Follow-up tests showed that parenting education based on Double ABCX model has a significant effect on mother-child relationship and behavioral problems in children with intellectual disabilities. As the findings depicted, parenting education based on the Double ABCX model is an effective program for the parenting of mothers of children with intellectual disabilities