Abstract
The study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a religious psychological counseling based program in reducing the level of psychological stress of a sample of mothers of disabled children. The sample was intentionally chosen from Al Amal Center for Multi- Disabilities. The sample of this study was assigned randomly into two groups: an experimental group which consisted of (15) mothers who received the training program and a control group which consisted of (15) mothers who did not receive the training program. The researcher administered a pre -post scale on both groups before and after the implementation of the training program to test hypotheses of the study and calculate means, standard deviations, MANOVA and ANCOVA. The results revealed significant differences between the means of the two groups (experimental and control) in favor of the experimental group. Such results were evidenced through a two -month follow up that followed the training program. The study recommended conducting further research on the impact of religious counseling in reducing psychological stress.
Highlights
Psychological stress is a phenomenon of human life that is experienced and lived by individuals throughout their lives and at different levels in different situations and times
The results showed the effectiveness of the religious psychotherapy program in alleviating the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder
First: Results related to the first question: The first question was: Are there any statistically significant differences at (0.05) in the post-test in the degree of psychological stress between the experimental and control groups due to the religious psychological counseling -based training program?
Summary
Psychological stress is a phenomenon of human life that is experienced and lived by individuals throughout their lives and at different levels in different situations and times. The recent global statistics indicate that psychological stress causes almost 80% of the diseases of our age such as heart attack, bloody ulcers, blood pressure, etc It is considered the cornerstone of the occurrence of psychosomatic disorders, and that excessive exposure to stress results in hormonal imbalances, and causes physical, mental, behavioral and emotional diseases (Janourou, 2011; Shekhani, 2003). Because the mother is closer to the child in the family, and more affected by disability, she is the most concerned and anxious members of the family She always attends and satisfies the child's daily needs, making her live under high psychological stress of multiple sources (Zembat and Yildiz, 2010; Davis, 2009; Graungaard and Skov, 2006; Al-Matar, 2007; Al-Rihani, Zeriqat and Tanous, 2010)
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