Authors
1 Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
2 Department of Psychiatry Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
3 MSc of Nursing, Hajar Hospital, Psychiatric Ward, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Birth of a child with cleft lip and palate, as a crisis, can affect family relationships and
interactions seriously and hence self‑esteem in family members. The present study was conducted
to investigate the effect of a happiness training program on self‑esteem in the mothers of children
with cleft lip and palate.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this quasi‑experimental study, 64 mothers of children with cleft lip
and palate referring to health‑care team in the Isfahan University Medical Sciences were enrolled
by convenience random sampling. Then, the program of happiness training was implemented within
10 sessions, and a questionnaire of demographic characteristics and Coopersmith Self‑Esteem
Inventory was filled out before and 2 months after the last session. The data were analyzed by
descriptive 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 and
33.5 ± 5.8 years, respectively. The mean age of the children in the intervention and control groups
was 6.34 ± 3.37 and 5.03 ± 3.36 years. Independent t‑test indicated a significant difference in
self‑esteem mean score after training in the intervention and control groups. Moreover, paired t‑test
indicated a significant difference in self‑esteem mean score between before and after training in the
intervention group.
CONCLUSION: In the light of the effect of happiness training on the promotion of self‑esteem
in children with cleft lip and palate, this program can be used as a care intervention to reduce
psychological and mental problems and to enhance adjustment in parents.
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