shahnaz adibi sede; mohammadali sepahvandi; simin gholamrezaei
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IntroductionIndeed, many notable parameters such as difficult and late diagnosis, occurrence of symptoms after a natural and normal course of growth, lack of effective treatment of autism spectrum disorder and special care which is needed by autism children, can affect the mental health of parents, and ...
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IntroductionIndeed, many notable parameters such as difficult and late diagnosis, occurrence of symptoms after a natural and normal course of growth, lack of effective treatment of autism spectrum disorder and special care which is needed by autism children, can affect the mental health of parents, and in particular mothers. In psychotherapy research, mindfulness is considered as one of the new therapies in the field of relapse prevention and an enhanced state of self-awarness thought in order to improve the depression and anxiety. Considering the existence of mood disorders and anxiety in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder, the overall aim of this study was to determine the effectives of mindfullness-based cognitive therapy on depression and anxiety in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Method:This research, which Is a quasi-experimental study, compromised of per-test, post-test and follow-up study with the control group. The sample group was selected by available sampling method from mothers referred to the Isfahan “Hazrat Zainab” autism charity. Therefore, 20 subjects were chosen randomly and assigned to two control and experimental groups (each with 10 subjects). In order to assess the severity of depression and anxiety in mothers, Beck Depression Inventory-II and Beck Anxiety Inventory were used in pre-test, post-test and one month follow-up phases. The experimental group recieved the mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy for eight 2-hours sessions each week and the control group did not receive any treatment. Analysis of MANCOVA was used to analyze the data. ResultsThe results of the research revealed that at the post-test stage, depression and anxiety scores decreased significantly in the experimental group after the intervention. Moreover, the experimental group was followed up for one month after the treatment, which no changes were observed in the mentioned scores, compared to the post-test phase. It is worth mentioning that the conditions for the control group were almost the same and no changes were occurred. ConclusionsTherefore, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has been effective in the treatment of depression and anxiety in autistic children's mothers. The results emphasized the importance ofusing thisintervention in treating depression and anxiety in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder and presenting new insights in clinical interventions. This research showed that using this treatment, reduce psychological problems of mothers of autistic spectrum children, such as their depression and anxiety were reduced, which ultimately lead to prominent results such as the life expectancy increase, adapting to the conditions of the child's illness, better relations with others, having more social activities and reduction of depression and anxiety problems.
S. Gholamrezaei; M. Mehrabizade Honarmand; Y. Zargar; I. Davoudi; S. Bassaknejad
Volume 21, Issue 1 , June 2014, , Pages 33-54
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of interpersonal psychotherapy on eating disorder symptoms,its components and at the psychosocial performance of female students at Lorestan University. The present study was a field experimental study with a pretest, post-test and control ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of interpersonal psychotherapy on eating disorder symptoms,its components and at the psychosocial performance of female students at Lorestan University. The present study was a field experimental study with a pretest, post-test and control group. In the study, sampling was applied in two steps. In the first step, 641 female students were randomly selected by using the multi-phase sampling method. In the next step, 32 female students, Whose scores on the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) were 20 Or above, were selected and randomly divided in experiment and control groups. In this research, the subjects completed an Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and a Clinical Impairment Assessment Questionnaire (CIA). The experimental intervention that was performed for the experiment group consisted of 14 sessions of interpersonal psychotherapy. For data analysis, a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used. The results showed that there were significant differences between the two groups in terms of eating disorder symptoms and psychosocial performance. Therefore, interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in reducing eating disorder symptoms and its 3 components (dieting, bulimia and oral control) and improving the psychosocial performance of the experiment group in compared with the control group.
