Development and Evaluation of a Parental Resilience Promotion Program for Mothers of Children with Disabilities
2019 Volume 31 Issue Special_issue Pages 259-265
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2019 Volume 31 Issue Special_issue Pages 259-265
A resilience-enhancing intervention program was developed to increase the parental resilience of mothers having children with disabilities. Parents of children with disabilities participated in the intervention program (N=7, Mean age 40.41 years, SD=3.82). The contents of the program included cognitive reframing, enhancing self-efficacy, and teaching psychology. We compared scores on the Parental Resilience Scale, the Childcare Stress Scale, and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) at the end of the six sessions. The Parental Resilience Scale consists of three subscales; parenting skills, good relationships and maternal feelings. Results indicated that parenting skills, childcare stress, and mental health improved significantly after the intervention. These results indicate the efficacy of the new intervention program for increasing parental resilience.
