The state of Deterministic Thinking among mothers of autistic children مقاله

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior education on decreasing deterministic thinking in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders. Method: Participants were 24 mothers of autistic children who were referred to counseling centers of Tehran and their children’s disorder had been diagnosed at least by a psychiatrist and a counselor. They were randomly selected and assigned into control and experimental groups. Measurement tool was Deterministic Thinking Questionnaire and both groups answered it before and after education and the answers were analyzed by analysis of covariance. Results: The results indicated that cognitive-behavior education decreased deterministic thinking among mothers of autistic children, it decreased four sub scale of deterministic thinking: interaction with others, absolute thinking, prediction of future, and negative events (P<0.05) as well. Discussions: By learning cognitive and behavioral techniques, parents of children with autism can reach higher level of psychological well-being and it is likely that these cognitive-behavioral skills would have a positive impact on general life satisfaction of mothers of children with autism.

Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 9, No. 14, 2011 Original Article The state of Deterministic Thinking among mothers of autistic children Mehrnoush Esbati, Msc* University of social welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior education on decreasing deterministic thinking in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders. Results: The results indicated that cognitive-behavior education decreased deterministic thinking among mothers of autistic children, it decreased four sub scale of deterministic thinking: interaction with others, absolute thinking, prediction of future, and negative events (P<0. Key words: Cognitive-Behavior Education, mothers of autistic children, Deterministic Thinking Submitted: 10 Feb 2011 Accepted: 22 Jul 2011 Introduction Raising a child is stressful for all parents; however parents of children with disabilities may have additional sources of stress (1). So this study will investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral education on decreasing deterministic thinking among mothers of autistic children. Hypothesis of this research was: Cognitive- behavioral education decreases deterministic thinking among mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders. Considering the outcome of analysis of covariance which are shown in Table 2; after controlling pre test scores, F score of absolute thinking, negative events, future prediction, interaction with others and deterministic thinking is significant and shows that cognitive-behavioral education has decreased deterministic thinking and four sub scale of it among mothers of autistic children with significance values of P<0. 05 Discussion The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral education on decreasing deterministic thinking among mothers of autistic children.