The Effectiveness of Mindful self-Compassion Training on Worry and Distress Tolerance in the Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disability

homayounfar, nasrin; Taghipuor, Behzad; Serajmohammadi, Parisa; Dida, Latifeh; Abdi, Fariba; Ahadi, Elham

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homayounfar N, Taghipuor B, Serajmohammadi P, Dida L, Abdi F, Ahadi E. The Effectiveness of Mindful self-Compassion Training on Worry and Distress Tolerance in the Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disability. Journal title 2023; 16 (4) :16-30
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The Effectiveness of Mindful self-Compassion Training on Worry and Distress Tolerance in the Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disability

Nasrin Homayounfar¹

, Behzad Taghipuor

², Parisa Serajmohammadi³

, Latifeh Dida⁴

, Fariba Abdi³

, Elham Ahadi⁴

1- Department of midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil university of Medical sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. , behzad.taaghipuor1386@gmail.com
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of human Sciences, University of Islamic, Ardabil unit, Ardabil, Iran
4- Department of Psychology, Faculty of human Sciences, University of Islamic, Khalkhal unit, Khalkhal, Iran

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The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of Mindful Self-Compassion Training on worry and Distress Tolerance in the mothers of children with intellectual disability. This semi-experimental study was conducted using pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population was whole client mothers of the children with intellectual disability in Ardabil comprehensive health clinic in the year 2022. 30 mothers were selected through the purposive sampling method and randomly assigned into two equal experimental and control. Experimental group received 8 weeks of Mindful Self-Compassion Training 90 minutes each session. During this period, the control group did not receive any intervention. Pennsylvania Worry Questionnaire and Distress Tolerance were used in pre-test, post-test to assess the subjects. Data were analyzed by Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The result showed that Mindful self-Compassion Training was effective on worry and distress tolerance. Therefore, it could be said that the Mindful self-Compassion Training improvement worry and distress tolerance scores in the mothers of children with intellectual disability.

Keywords: Mindful self-Compassion Training, Worry, Distress Tolerance, mothers, children with intellectual disability