The effect of psychological capital training on psychological burden and emotional self-regulation styles of mothers having children with cerebral palsy

Background and aims: This study aimed to investigate the effect of psychological capital training on psychological burden and emotionalself-regulation styles of mothers having children with cerebral palsy.Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed in ۲۰۱۹ on mothers of children with cerebral palsy who had files in rehabilitationcenters under the supervision of Shahrekord Welfare (n = ۲۷۰). Samples were selected through convenience sampling method such that ۳۰people were selected from among eligible people and volunteers to cooperate, and then they were randomly divided into experimental andcontrol groups. As for the intervention group, the psychological capital training program was implemented once a week for ۱۰ sessions; butthe control group was not given any intervention. Data were collected using the Psychological Burden Questionnaire designed by Zarit etal and the Emotional Self-Regulatory Questionnaire developed by Hoffman and Kashdan in three measurement steps. The collected datawere analyzed by multivariate and repeated measure analysis of variance using SPSS-۱۸ software.Results: The results showed that the mean scores of burden, secrecy, adaptability, and tolerance were significantly different in the post-testcompared to the pre-test (P < ۰.۰۵), as well as in the follow-up stage compared to the pre-test (P < ۰.۰۰۱). Furthermore, the mean scores ofpost-test and follow-up for the experimental group increased in comparison with those for the control group in three styles of emotionalregulation, and psychological burden decreased (P < ۰.۰۰۱).Conclusion: The educational intervention of psychological capital could be adopted to increase using adaptive styles of emotional selfregulation,and to reduce psychological burden of mothers having children with cerebral palsy.

کلیدواژه ها:

Psychological capital training ، Psychological burden ، Emotional self-regulation styles ، Cerebral palsy