Development and Evaluation of a Parental Resilience Promotion Program for Mothers of Children with Disabilities

Abstract

A resilience-enhancing intervention program was developed to increase the parental resilience of mothers hav-ing children with disabilities. Parents of children with disabilities participated in the intervention program （ N ＝ 7, Mean age 40.41 years, SD ＝ 3.82 ） . The contents of the program included cognitive reframing, enhancing self-effi-cacy, and teaching psychology. We compared scores on the Parental Resilience Scale, the Childcare Stress Scale, and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire （ GHQ-12 ） at the end of the six sessions. The Parental Resilience Scale consists of three subscales; parenting skills, good relationships and maternal feelings. Results indicated that parenting skills, childcare stress, and mental health improved significantly after the intervention. These results in-dicate the efficacy of the new intervention program for increasing parental resilience.