Abstract
Abstract Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of problem-solving education on perceived stress of mothers with children with specific learning disabilities in Tehran in 2019. Methods: The method of this study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of the study was all mothers with children with specific learning disabilities in Tehran. Using convenience sampling method, 40 mothers (20 for each group) were selected from mothers of children with special learning disabilities in Tehran and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 7 60-minute sessions of problem-solving training and the control group remained on the waiting list. Data were collected using Cohen's Perceived Stress Questionnaire (1983). Results: Data analysis was done by SPSS 20 software in two parts: descriptive and inferential (covariance analysis). The results showed that the mean of experimental group decreased in perceived stress of mothers with children with specific learning disabilities compared to control group. Conclusions: It can be said that problem solving training has been effective on the perceived stress of mothers of children with specific learning disabilities, so the results represent new horizons in clinical interventions and can be used as an effective intervention method.
Highlights
Specific learning disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder with biological origin that is the basis of disorders at the cognitive level and is associated with behavioral symptoms
Research has been done in this area, such as Van Aken in a study of the effect of problem solving on stress and showed that problem solving skills training especially in sensitive and important situations can be helpful in reducing stress [15]
The magnitude of this effect of “practical meaningfulness” was 0.47, meaning that 47% of the total variance or individual differences in perceived stress of mothers of children with specific learning disability concerned with solving problems
Summary
Specific learning disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder with biological origin that is the basis of disorders at the cognitive level and is associated with behavioral symptoms. In a specific learning disorder, learning deficits in reading, Humanities, Faculty of humanities, Tehran Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran, E-mail: Received Date: October 02, 2020; Accepted Date: October 10, 2020; Published Date: October 15, 2020 writing and mathematics in DSM5 are identified as characteristics [2] These disorders are usually caused by lesions of the central nervous system and have different manifestations depending on the lesion region [3]. Research has been done in this area, such as Van Aken in a study of the effect of problem solving on stress and showed that problem solving skills training especially in sensitive and important situations can be helpful in reducing stress [15]. It will fundamentally clarify the fundamentals of problem-solving training and its role in causing
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