The effectiveness of Group Movie Therapy (GMT) on parental stress reduction in mothers of children with mild mental retardation in Tehran

摘要

30 volunteer mothers of children with mild mental retardation were selected through convenient sampling and randomly assigned into control and experimental groups. Parental stress was assessed by using the PSI at pre-post, and one month follow up. Subjects of Group Movie Therapy (GMT) received10 weekly sessions comprised of watching the movie “M, like mother” and then engaging in group discussion over common experiences related to the movie. Mixed ANOVA showed GMT significantly decreased the intensity of parental stress in experimental subjects. The effectiveness of group movie therapy method seems to be afforded through facilitating cognitive, emotive and behavioral modeling.