Impact of Spiritual Therapy on Rumination and Resilience of Mothers of Children With Cerebral Palsy

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Objectives Mothers of children with cerebral palsy are prone to psychological disorders such as stress and depression, which can lead to the activation of emotional schemas such as rumination. These negative beliefs can reduce resilience. This study aimed to assess the impact of spiritual therapy on rumination and resilience of mothers of children with cerebral palsy in Zahedan, south of Iran. Methods This is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test/post-test design conducted on 60 mothers of children with cerebral palsy referred to Imam Ali Hospital in Zahedan. The samples were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The intervention group underwent spiritual therapy at eight sessions of 90 minutes. Before and one month after the intervention, the mothers completed Nolen-Hoeksema and Morrow’s ruminative response scale (RRS) and the Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC). Data were analyzed in SPSS software, version 27 using the chi-square test, paired t-test, and independent t-test. Results In the intervention group, after spiritual therapy, the RRS score decreased and the CD-RISC score increased in all dimensions, and the difference between pre-test and post-test scores was statistically significant (P<0.001), but no statistically significant difference was observed in the control group. Conclusion Spiritual therapy is effective in reducing rumination and increasing the resilience of mothers of children with cerebral palsy.

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