. Zeinab Hemati; . Fateme Derakhshande; . Samira Abbasi; . Davood Kiani
Volume 7, Issue 4 , July and August 2017, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Birth of a child with cleft lip and palate, as a crisis, can affect family relationships andinteractions seriously and hence self‑esteem in family members. The present ...
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BACKGROUND: Birth of a child with cleft lip and palate, as a crisis, can affect family relationships andinteractions seriously and hence self‑esteem in family members. The present study was conductedto investigate the effect of a happiness training program on self‑esteem in the mothers of childrenwith cleft lip and palate.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this quasi‑experimental study, 64 mothers of children with cleft lipand palate referring to health‑care team in the Isfahan University Medical Sciences were enrolledby convenience random sampling. Then, the program of happiness training was implemented within10 sessions, and a questionnaire of demographic characteristics and Coopersmith Self‑EsteemInventory was filled out before and 2 months after the last session. The data were analyzed bydescriptive and analytical statistics (paired t‑test, independent t‑test, Chi‑square, and Mann–Whitney)in SPSS 20 (SPSS Inc: Chicago),RESULTS: The mean age of the mothers in intervention and control groups was 33.3 ± 6.3 and33.5 ± 5.8 years, respectively. The mean age of the children in the intervention and control groupswas 6.34 ± 3.37 and 5.03 ± 3.36 years. Independent t‑test indicated a significant difference inself‑esteem mean score after training in the intervention and control groups. Moreover, paired t‑testindicated a significant difference in self‑esteem mean score between before and after training in theintervention group.CONCLUSION: In the light of the effect of happiness training on the promotion of self‑esteemin children with cleft lip and palate, this program can be used as a care intervention to reducepsychological and mental problems and to enhance adjustment in parents.