he Effect of Group Training Based on Parent-Child Relationship Therapy (CPRT) for Mothers on Reducing Feeling of Loneliness among Girls with Hearing Impairment

Background and Aim: Hearing impairment of children is one of the disabilities that are accompanied by unpleasant psychological consequences for the child and his/her parents. The present research was conducted by the aim of investigating the effect of group training based on parent-child relationship therapy (CPRT) for mothers on reducing feeling of loneliness among girls with hearing impairment. Material and Methods: The present study was an applied research type which was conducted by semi-experimental method with pretest-posttest with control group design. The research population included all the girl students with hearing impairment in Baghcheh-Ban 2 primary school for the deaf in Tehran in 2015. The sample included 16 students with hearing impairment who were selected via available sampling method and were assigned into two eight-subject groups of experiment and control by random assignment method. before and after the intervention, the students of both groups were assessed by Asher and colleagues’ loneliness scale (1986). Group training based on parent-child relationship therapy was delivered to mothers of the students of the experiment group in 10 2-hour session while the mothers of the students in the control group didn’t receive the training package until the end of the posttest phase. The data were analyzed through univariate analysis of covariance in SPSSv20. Results: Results of the covariance analysis indicated that group training based on parent-child relationship therapy for mothers has been effective in reducing loneliness among girls with hearing impairment in the experiment group. Conclusion: Group training based on parent-child relationship therapy is an economic and helpful method for reducing problems and enhancing the quality of the parent-child relationship and it can be used as a family-based rehabilitation method.