Comparison of the Effectiveness of Group Training Based on Mindfulness, Gestalt Theory and Islam-oriented Spiritual-Religious Approach on the Perceived Marital Relationship Quality of Mothers of Mentally Retarded Students

The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the difference in effectiveness of group training based on mindfulness, Gestalt theory and Islam-oriented spiritual-religious approach on perceived quality of marital relationship of mothers of intellectually disabled student. The statistical population included all the mothers of Intellectually disability students in the academic year 2020-2021 who were studying in exceptional primary schools in Tabriz city, of these, 48 samples were selected in 3 experimental groups of 12 people and 1 control group of 12 people. According to the construction of the research and the current conditions (coronavirus), the available sampling method was used to select the sample. The instruments which used was Fletcher's perceived relationship quality scale (2002). The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that group training based on mindfulness, gestalt and Islamic spiritual-religious approach is effective on the perceived marital relationship quality of mothers of mentally retarded students. Based on the results obtained from this research, it can be concluded that group training based on mindfulness, Gestalt theory and the spiritual-religious approach based on Islam can be used as complementary interventions to reduce problems and improve the marital relationship of mothers of students with Intellectually disabilities.