In this study, the life satisfaction criteria of the mothers of disabled children were determined using focus group interviews, and group counselling was actioned with a group aimed at overcoming psychological difficulties related to these criteria. The effect on life satisfaction and psychological symptoms from the group counselling, which basically aimed to focus on the positive aspects of life, was tested experimentally also involving a control group. The life satisfaction criteria were defined in terms of the themes of experiencing: difficulty seeing positive life events, difficulties in marital relationships, accepting the child’s disability, feeling excluded and not receiving social support, difficulties appreciating personal strengths and effectiveness, and difficulty in making time for self. A group-counseling program of eight sessions was developed in light of the literature and expert opinions, but especially in terms of the themes obtained from focus group interviews. During the implementation of the program, the experimental group participants were helped to raise awareness of the difficulties related to having a child with a disability and to develop ways to cope with these difficulties. No intervention was undertaken with the control group, although those participants undertook the same counseling program after the completion of the experiment. At the end of the study, it was determined that the mothers of disabled children who had received group counselling had increased levels of life satisfaction and reduced levels of anxiety, depression, negative self belief, somatisation, and hostility. In the light of these findings and previous reports in the literature, there is a growing belief that in the application of counselling, the subjective perceptions of mothers with disabled children should be taken into consideration to increase life satisfaction and indirectly decrease psychological symptoms.

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透过不同的窗口看生活：残疾儿童母亲的团体辅导

在这项研究中，残疾儿童母亲的生活满意度标准是通过焦点小组访谈确定的，小组咨询是与一个旨在克服与这些标准相关的心理困难的小组一起行动的。小组咨询对生活满意度和心理症状的影响，主要旨在关注生活的积极方面，还通过实验测试了对照组。生活满意度标准是根据经历的主题定义的：难以看到积极的生活事件，婚姻关系困难，接受孩子的残疾，感到被排斥和没有得到社会支持，难以欣赏个人的力量和有效性，以及难以抽出时间为自己。根据文献和专家意见，特别是在焦点小组访谈中获得的主题方面，制定了八次小组咨询计划。在该计划的实施过程中，实验组参与者得到了帮助，提高了对与残疾儿童有关的困难的认识，并制定了应对这些困难的方法。对照组没有进行干预，尽管这些参与者在实验完成后进行了相同的咨询计划。在研究结束时，确定接受团体咨询的残疾儿童的母亲提高了生活满意度，降低了焦虑、抑郁、消极自信心、躯体化和敌意的程度。