The aim of this study is to examine the effect of a group guidance program with spiritual content applied to mothers of children with special needs on their positive religious coping and negative religious coping levels. In the study, 66 mothers of children with special needs were reached and, after screening, 24 mothers were assigned to experimental and control groups according to inclusion criteria. After obtaining informed consent forms, no action was taken with the control group of 12 participants, while the group guidance program with a spiritual content was held with the experimental group of other 12 participants. The spiritual group guidance program continued for 10 weeks, with sessions of 90 minutes each week. The Socio-Demographic Information Form and Religious Coping Scale were applied to the participants before and after the program. The data were analysed through the SPSS statistical program, and the Mann-Whitney U Test and the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, which are non-parametric tests, were used. According to the findings obtained in the study, there was a significant increase in the positive religious coping levels of the experimental group participants. There was also a significant decrease in negative religious coping levels after the program. Additionally, while there was no significant difference in the positive and negative religious coping pre-test scores of the participants in the experimental group and the control group before the program, a significant difference was observed after the program.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | May 31, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 8 Issue: 1 |
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