Effectiveness of Multiple Special-Skill Education on Reducing of Stress and Increasing of Happiness in Mothers with Autistic Boys

Abstract

The aim of present study was examine The Effectiveness of Multiple Special-Skill Education on Reducing of Stress and Increasing of Happiness in Mothers with Autistic Boys. Present study was done by experimental method with semi experimental design with pretest and posttest with control group. The study population contain all of Mothers with Autistic Boys region 5 in Tehran in 2016 who in this population, 40 person selected by accessible sampling method and were replaced randomly 20 individual in experimental group and 20 individual in control group. The experimental group was received Multiple Special-Skill Education in 10 sessions. Both experimental group and control group answered Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (1989) and Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (1989) in pretest and posttest period. Data was analyzed using covariance test. The findings showed that there are significant difference between happiness and stress between experimental group and control group (p<0/001). According to findings can conclude Multiple Special-Skill Education could effect on happiness and stress in Mothers with Autistic Boys. Key words: Autism, Stress, Happiness, Multiple Special Skills.

Keywords

• autism
• stress
• happiness
• multiple special skills