Comparing the Effectiveness of Parenting Program Based on the Lived Experiences of Mothers of Children with Specific Learning Disorder and Positive Parenting Program on Mothers’ Parenting Stress

Parenting stress is one of the various effects that specific learning disorder has on parents. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of parenting program based on the lived experiences of mothers of children with specific learning disorder and positive parenting program on mothers’ parenting stress.

The research employed a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with the control group. The sample consisted of 45 mothers of children with specific learning disorder who were selected via the convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. The research instrument was the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Data were analyzed by MANCOVA and using SPSS version 23 software

The research findings showed that both interventions had a significant effect on parenting stress. The results of the posttest showed that there was a significant difference between the two interventions of lived experiences parenting and positive parenting in the parenting stress variable in the children’s realm, but there was no significant difference in the parenting stress variable in the parents’ domain.

Parenting program based on lived experiences can be used as an effective program to reduce mothers’ parenting stress.