Salar Faramarzi; Valiyollah Karamimanesh; Morteza Mahmoudi
Volume 4, Issue 13 , February 2014, , Pages 89-106
Abstract
Mental disability of children is a source of stress which threatens mental health of the family and affects different aspects of the family life. Various methods have been developed for helping affected families, among which psychological interventions have a special place. The present study aimed to ...
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Mental disability of children is a source of stress which threatens mental health of the family and affects different aspects of the family life. Various methods have been developed for helping affected families, among which psychological interventions have a special place. The present study aimed to offer a meta-analysis of effectiveness of psychological interventions in mental health of families who have children with mental disabilities. The method used was meta-analysis. Twenty five papers were reviewed and 11selected for the analysis, the total number of subjects in which was 712. Based on the results, the effect size was 0.25, which indicates a below average rate according to Cohen’s table. It can therefore be suggested that psychological interventions have a positive effect on mental health of families who have children with mental disabilities, and that the interventions can be used as a method for improving mental health of such families. The interventions, however, need to be supplemented by other support interventions.
