Investigating the Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Skills on Psychological Well-Being in Parents of Children with Autism

Firooze AfkhamiAghda, Azade Choobforoushzadeh, Kazem BarzegarBafrooei

Abstract


This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of positive thinking skills on psychological well-being parents of children with autism. This study in term of method is quasi-experimental (with pretest and posttest design and control group), the population consisted of all parents of children with autism spectrum who records in welfare organization in the city of Sari. Sampling in this study is available.  The sample size was in both control and experimental groups for each group 15 people selected. Scales used in this research were psychological well-being questionnaires was described and explained. The questionnaires were distributed and collected in the and control groups, then, during eight intervention training sessions were conducted in experimental group and re-distribute and collect same questionnaires from both groups. To analyze the data covariance and MANCOVA test was used. The findings showed that training positive thinking skills has significant impact on psychological well-being in parents of children with autism. In examining the effect of training positive thinking skills on the components of psychological well-being was found that training positive thinking skills has significant effect on the components of self-acceptance, autonomy and personal growth for parents of children with autism and had no significant effect on the components of positive relations with others, environmental mastery and purpose in life.

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