Mansoureh Moghtadaie , Salar Faramarzi , Ahmad Abedi , Amir Ghamarani , Volume 17, Issue 4 (1-2020)
Abstract
Aim and Background: Parenting stress is one of the various effects that specific learning disorder has on parents. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of parenting program based on the lived experiences of mothers of children with specific learning disorder and positive parenting program on mothers’ parenting stress.
Methods and Materials: The research employed a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with the control group. The sample consisted of 45 mothers of children with specific learning disorder who were selected via the convenience sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. The research instrument was the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Data were analyzed by MANCOVA and using SPSS version 23 software
Findings:The research findings showed that both interventions had a significant effect on parenting stress. The results of the posttest showed that there was a significant difference between the two interventions of lived experiences parenting and positive parenting in the parenting stress variable in the children’s realm, but there was no significant difference in the parenting stress variable in the parents’ domain.
Conclusions: Parenting program based on lived experiences can be used as an effective program to reduce mothers’ parenting stress.
Aim and Background: Processing speed plays an important role in specific learning disorder. Therefore, the aim of present study was to investigate the mediating role of processing speed in the relationship between working memory and phonological awareness with reading in students with reading disorder. Methods and Materials: The present study is a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of this study included all students with specific learning disorder-reading from the end of the first grade to the fifth grade of elementary school in the seven districts of Mashhad and referring to special centers for learning disabilities in Mashhad in the academic year 2019-2020. The sample consisted of 150 students with specific learning disorder- reading who were selected by convenience sampling. To collect the data, reading and dyslexia test (NEMA), phonological awareness test (PAT) and The Wechsler intelligence scale for children, fourth edition (WISC-IV) were used. Research data were analyzed using PLS and SPSS statistical software as well as structural equation modeling. Findings: The findings showed that there is a relationship between working memory, phonological awareness, processing speed and reading of students with reading disorder. Processing speed mediated the relationship between working memory and reading of students with reading disorder. Also, processing speed mediated the relationship between phonological awareness and reading of students. Conclusions: The results showed that processing speed is mediated the relationship between working memory and phonological awareness with reading of students with reading disorders. Paying attention to these processes and the interventions related with them can help improve students' reading disorder.
