Tayebeh Madanifar, Parisa Seyed Mousavi, Mahin Hashemipour, Mahdi Tabrizi, Majid Koohi Esfahani5,
Volume 23, Issue 89 (6-2024)
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Aim: This research was conducted with the aim of designing and validating the Mentalization promoting program for parents of a child with type 1 diabetes and investigating its effectiveness on parents' reflective Functioning and emotional-behavioral problems of the child. Methods: A mixed method was used in this research. In the qualitative part, the mentalization problems of 18 children with T1D and 22 of their parents were extracted through the analysis of interviews with the method of transcendental phenomenology, and three general themes,18 main sub-themes and 50 sub-themes were obtained. Then, based on these themes and within the framework of the concepts of mentalization theory, a program to promote the mentalization of parents with a child with type 1 diabetes was designed. After confirming the content validity based on the CVI, with a semi-experimental method and a single-subject design of the type (A-B) with different subjects, 5 parents of children with diabetes who met the criteria for entering the research, were selected with a purposeful sampling method and participated in the program. The effectiveness of this program was assessed in four phases (baseline, during intervention, after intervention and follow-up) using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ) and indicators of program goals. Then data was checked based on visual analysis indicators. Results: The final outcome of this phenomenological study is the extraction of three general themes, including the underlying factors of breakdowns in mentalizing, types of common mentalizing problems, and the consequences of breakdowns in mentalizing which became the basis for design the program to promote the mentalization of parents with a child with type 1 diabetes The results showed that the designed program, while having sufficient validity, was effective in increasing the parents reflective Functioning and reducing the emotional-behavioral problems of the child, and this effectiveness continued in the follow-up phase. Conclusion: Considering the validity of this program and its effectiveness, it is suggested that this program be widely implemented to help improve the physical and mental health of children with diabetes and their families, and also for children with other chronic diseases should also be adapted.
Mrs Fatemeh Kafinia, Mrs Tayebeh Sharifi, Mr Ahmad Ghazanfari,
Volume 24, Issue 93 (3-2025)
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Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of mindfulness therapy based on compassion and mentalization therapy on the resilience of mothers with children with a teachable intellectual disability. Method: This research was conducted using a semi-experimental method and using a pre-test, post-test and follow-up plan with a control group. The statistical population included mothers with children with educational intellectual disabilities in Farsan city in the second half of 1402, 45 of them were selected by available sampling and randomly assigned to 3 groups (15 people in each group). Then the experimental group (1) received 8 sessions of 90-minute mindfulness therapy based on compassion and the experimental group (2) also received 8 sessions of 90-minute mentalization therapy. The measuring tool of the research was resilience questionnaire (Connor and Davidson, 2003) and short clinical interview. Findings: The research data were analyzed using variance analysis with repeated measurements on one factor (mixed design). The results showed that the two intervention methods had a lasting effect on increasing the mean of resilience and its subscales (P<0.01), while it was found that there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention based on compassion and mentalization therapy on resilience and its subscales. (P < 0.05). Conclusion: According to the results obtained from the research, it was concluded that by using both methods of treatment, the resilience of mothers with children with a teachable intellectual disability can be increased.
