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Salehi R, Mohammadpanah Ardakan A. Life Experiences of Mothers of Children with Down Syndrome and Comparison of Parents' Emotional Cognitive Strategies Using Mixed Research Methods. CJP 2024; 10 (1)
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Department of Psychology, Ardakan University, Yazd, Iran , azramohammadpanah@ardakan.ac.ir
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Background and Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the life experiences of mothers of children with Down syndrome (DS) and to examine parents' cognitive-emotional strategies against stress.
Methods: A sequential exploratory method was chosen in this mixed-method study. In the qualitative phase, ten mothers with DS children were selected to be interviewed using purposive and phenomenological methods. The interviews were analyzed using the Colaizzi method. In the quantitative phase, 32 questionnaires on cognitive emotion regulation by Garnefsky (2006) were completed by the parents of DS children and 34 questionnaires by the parents of normal children. The results were then analyzed using the ANCOVA method.
Findings: Four main categories were identified in the qualitative phase: mothers’ emotions over time, problems over time, efficiency and performance experiences, and management of problems. The quantitative results showed that the mean and standard deviation of blaming others was 7.98±0.56 in the group of parents of DS children, and 9.95±0.54 in the group of parents with normal children. Moreover, the mean acceptance was 14.66±0.56 in the group of parents with DS children and was 12.84±0.55 in the group of parents with normal children. In other words, blaming others and acceptance were lower (p=0.05) and higher (p=0.03) in the group of parents with DS children than in parents with normal children, respectively.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that the group of parents with DS children achieved a greater increase in cognitive emotion regulation skills compared to other parents.
Methods: A sequential exploratory method was chosen in this mixed-method study. In the qualitative phase, ten mothers with DS children were selected to be interviewed using purposive and phenomenological methods. The interviews were analyzed using the Colaizzi method. In the quantitative phase, 32 questionnaires on cognitive emotion regulation by Garnefsky (2006) were completed by the parents of DS children and 34 questionnaires by the parents of normal children. The results were then analyzed using the ANCOVA method.
Findings: Four main categories were identified in the qualitative phase: mothers’ emotions over time, problems over time, efficiency and performance experiences, and management of problems. The quantitative results showed that the mean and standard deviation of blaming others was 7.98±0.56 in the group of parents of DS children, and 9.95±0.54 in the group of parents with normal children. Moreover, the mean acceptance was 14.66±0.56 in the group of parents with DS children and was 12.84±0.55 in the group of parents with normal children. In other words, blaming others and acceptance were lower (p=0.05) and higher (p=0.03) in the group of parents with DS children than in parents with normal children, respectively.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that the group of parents with DS children achieved a greater increase in cognitive emotion regulation skills compared to other parents.
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