The Effectiveness of Logo Therapy on the Psychological Well-being, Communication Skill and Maternal Parenting Stress of Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disability

Abstract

Aim: The present article was done with the aim to investigate the effectiveness of the logo therapy on the psychological well-being, communication skills and maternal parenting stress of mothers of Children with Intellectual Disability. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental method with a pretest and posttest design plus control group. The statistical society of the study consisted of all the mothers of Children with Intellectual Disability in exceptional schools of Urmia city during 2021-2022; among them 30 students were selected in available sampling method as the sample case and categorized in experimental group (20 mothers) and control group (20 mothers). Data collection tools included Riff (1989) psychological well-being questionnaire, Matson (1983) scale to evaluate mothers` communication skills and Abidin (1983) maternal parenting stress. Prior to the study, pre-test of psychological well-being, communication skills and maternal parenting stress was implemented in both groups. The experimental group received Farahini’s (2019) logo therapy through the training package in 10 sessions, but the control group did not receive any training therapy. After the training course in the post-test stage, both of the groups answered to the same questionnaire of pre-test stage. Results: The research data was analyzed with one way and Multivariate Covariance Analysis. The results revealed that the logo therapy had a positive effect on the increase of psychological well-being and its four subscales, communication skills and maternal parenting stress and its` subscales (P=<0.05). Conclusion: According to the effectiveness of the Logo therapy in the present research, it was suggested to the principles of exceptional schools to establish relations among school officials and mothers with intellectually disabled children, through training and counseling sessions to improve these mothers` psychological well-being and communication skills and also, to reduce their parenting stress.