The Effectiveness of Family Resilience Training on Psychological Hardinessof Mothers of children with Disability

A disabled child causes many psychological problems for family members,especially the mother. Considering the importance of maternal mental health in the family and society, the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of family resilience training on psychological hardiness of mothers of children with physical disabilities.

The research design was quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population included all mothers of children with physical disabilities living in Khorramabad, Iran in 2019. The sample size was 30 mothers who were selected by available sampling method from among who want to participate in family resilience training sessions. Participants were then randomly divided into two groups of intervention and control (n=15 in each group). All subjects in the intervention and control groups completed the psychological hardiness questionnaire as a pre-test under the same conditions. The intervention group received family resilience training for 9 sessions, but the control group did not receive any training. After that, both groups participated in the post-test.

Family resilience training was significantly effective on psychological hardiness of mothers of children with physical disabilities and in the intervention group, showed a significant increase in this variable (p <0.01)

In general, the findings of the study showed that family resilience training is an appropriate intervention method to improve psychological hardiness in mothers of children with disabilities and should be used in rehabilitation clinics and family training centers.