Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness Mindful Self-compassion with focus on Islamic-Iranian life style program training on family functioning of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Materials and Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and three-month follow-up. The population consisted of all mothers of children with autism referred to Kashan Autism Association in 2019 year. The sample consisted of 24 mothers of children with autism which were recruited through Targeted sampling. The sample were randomly assigned into two groups each of them 12 mothers as the experimental group and 12 mothers as the control group. The experimental group trained for 8 sessions in the field of Mindful Self-compassion with focus on Islamic-Iranian life style and the control group was put on the waiting list for a shorter version of the intervention. To measure the family functioning in mothers 60-FAD McMaster scale was used and descriptive statistics and analysis of Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to analyze the data.
Findings: The results of the data analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that Mindful Self-compassion with focus on Islamic-Iranian life style training had a significant impact in Improve family functioning in mothers of children with Autism (p≤ 0/001).
Conclusion: Therefore, according to the results of the findings, The present program in Improve family functioning in mothers of children with Autism has been effective