The Effectiveness of a Cognitive Behavior Training Program in Reducing Psychological Stress among Mother’s of Children with Spina Bifida

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a
training program based on Cognitive–Behavior Theory to reduce the
level of psychological stress among a sample of mothers of Spina
Bifida children, intentionally chosen from Al-Hussein Society for
Habilitation and Rehabilitation of the Physically Challenged. The
subjects of this study were assigned randomly to two groups: an
experimental group which consisted of (15) mothers who received the
training program and a control group which consisted of (15) mothers
who did not receive the training program. The psychological stress
scale was applied on both groups; before and after the program
afollowing test a month later. To test the two null hypothoses of the
study means, standard deviations, and ANCOVA were computed The
results revealed significant differences at (α ≤ .05) between the means
of the two groups (experimental and control) of the total score of
psychological stress scale used at the post-test and one-month follow
up, which indicated the effectiveness of the training program in
reducing the level of psychological stress among participants and its
continued effect . In addition results of MANOVA revealed significant
differences between the two groups of the study on some sub-scales of
psychological stress scale in post- and follow –up tests