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Kabirifard F, Azizi M, Saeidmanesh M. Studying the Effectiveness of Parenting Based on Mindfulness on Parental Stress in Mothers with Hard-of-Hearing Children. MEJDS 2024; 14 :77-77
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Studying the Effectiveness of Parenting Based on Mindfulness on Parental Stress in Mothers with Hard-of-Hearing Children
Farideh Kabirifard1 , Mahdiyeh Azizi *2 , Mohsen Saeidmanesh3
1- MA Student, Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology, Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran
2- PhD Student in Psychology, Humanities College, Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran
3- Associate Professor in Psychology Group, Humanities College, Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran
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Background & Objectives: Deaf and hard–of–hearing children need more attention and care than normal children in terms of health and mental health, and if these needs are not met, it will lead to many problems and challenges for the child and their parents. One of the psychological characteristics of parents of hard–of–hearing children that can be affected by the conditions and issues related to these children is stress. Parental stress is a type of extreme anxiety and tension that depends on the role of the parent and parent–child interactions and has a significant impact on parenting behavior and children's development. Mindfulness–based parenting training is one of the psychological treatments that have recently been used to reduce parents' emotional and mood problems, improve parent–child relationships, and reduce children's behavioral issues. Mothers of deaf and hard–of–hearing children have more psychological damage. So, the present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness–based therapy on parental stress in mothers with deaf and hard–of–hearing children.
Methods: The present research method was quasi–experimental with a pretest–posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included mothers with deaf and hard–of–hearing children in Yazd City, Iran, in 2021–2022, and the sample consisted of 30 of those mothers selected by convenience sampling. Since the minimum sample size in quasi–experimental research is 15 people in each group, this number was considered the sample size. The inclusion criteria were being in the age range of 25 to 40 years, having a child with hearing impairment, the absence of severe psychiatric disorders at the same time, and not taking psychiatric drugs. The exclusion criteria were not participating in more than two sessions and not completing the questionnaires. After the initial assessment, the experimental group received mindfulness–based parenting for eight 1–1.5 hours sessions. Data were collected by the Parenting Stress Index (Loyd & Abidin, 1985) in the pretest and posttest. Then, the statistical analysis of the data was done by analyzing the covariance test at a significance level of 0.05 with the help of SPSS version 21 software.
Results: The results of covariance analysis by adjusting the pretest effect showed a significant difference in the average parenting stress scores between the experimental group that received mindfulness–based parenting and the control group that did not receive any intervention (p<0.001). Also, 86% of the changes in the experimental group compared to the control group in the post–test were due to applying the independent variable, i.e., parenting based on mindfulness.
Conclusion: According to this research, mindfulness–based parenting reduces the parenting stress of mothers with deaf and hard–of–hearing children. Therefore, this treatment is recommended to specialists in this field.

Keywords: Parenting stress, Hearing impaired children, Parenting based on mindfulness
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