Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-Based Group Therapy on the Resilience of Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

The aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based group therapy on increasing the resilience of mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. The research method was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up groups. The study population consisted of all mothers of children with intellectual disabilities whose children were enrolled in exceptional schools in Dezful during the 1969-1971 school year. A total of 90 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities were randomly selected from this population and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The participants in the experimental group received 10 sessions of 60-minute group therapy. The research instrument was the Freiburg Resilience Scale. Data were analyzed using mixed-design analysis of variance. The results indicated a significant difference in resilience between the experimental and control groups. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that acceptance and commitment-based group therapy is an effective method for increasing resilience in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities.