An Enhancement Positive Psychological Capital for Parents of Children with Disabilities through Group Counseling with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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This research article aims to study (1) to develop a program of group counseling with acceptance and commitment therapy for parents of children with disabilities, (2) to compare the positive psychological capital of parents of children with disabilities in the experimental group, and (3) to compare the positive psychological capital of parents of children with disabilities between the experimental and control groups. The population used in the study were parents of children with disabilities in special education. The sample groups were 16 parents of children with disabilities who was lower than the 25th percentile, in an experimental group and a control group, with eight people in each group. The research instrument was a program on group counseling with acceptance and commitment therapy.
Findings are as follows: (1) a program on group counseling with acceptance and
commitment therapy had eight applications that corresponded with five techniques and
six exercises according to the Hexaflex model; (2) a comparison of positive psychological capital for parents of children with disabilities in post and follow-up period was significantly higher than before period at a level of .05.; and (3) a comparison of positive psychological capital for parents of children with disabilities in post and follow-up period of group counseling with acceptance and commitment therapy was significantly higher than the control group at a level of .05.
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