The Effect of Religion-oriented spiritual therapy on Resiliency and Dysfunctional Attitudes Mothers of Children with Learning and Attentional Disabilities

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Religion-oriented spiritual therapy on the resilience and dysfunctional attitudes Mothers of Children with Learning and Attentional Disabilities in Qom. The research method was pre-test and post-test and the statistical population of this study was all Mothers of Children with Learning and Attentional Disabilities with high dysfunctional attitude and low resiliency referred to the learning disability centers in the province in 2018. The sampling method was non-random. Research tools included Conner and Davidson Resiliency Questionnaire and DAS, Weisman & Beck Dysfunctional Attitude Questionnaire Subjects were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. the experimental group underwent 8 sessions of 90 minutes of of Religion-oriented spiritual therapy. But the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The results showed a significant difference (p <0.05) in the experimental group after the implementation of psychotherapy. The results showed the effect of Religion-oriented spiritual therapy on increasing resilience and reducing inefficient attitudes of Mothers of Children with Learning and Attentional Disabilities. Therefore, this method can be used as a useful tool to increase resilience and reduce dysfunctional attitudes of mothers of children with learning and attention Disabilities.