Effectiveness Of The Group Psychological Counseling Program Applied To Mothers Of Moderate-Severe Mentally And Physically Handicapped Children

Abstract

The main purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of the Group Counseling Program applied to mothers of children with moderate-severe mental and physical disabilities on psychological well-being, experiential avoidance, depression, anxiety, and stress. The study design can be classified as a randomized controlled experimental test in terms of its function. A group counseling program that was based on Contextual Positive Psychology Approach was applied to the experimental group, and no interventions were applied to the control group. A pretest was applied at the beginning of the sessions, and after the end (final session), the same set of measuring instruments was applied to the experimental and control group as a posttest. As a result of the study, a significant decrease in favor of the experimental group was detected in terms of depression, stress, anxiety, and experiential avoidance levels, and a significant increase was detected in the level of well-being.