Mohammad Ashori

University of Isfahan · Department of Psychology and Education of People with Special Needs

Self-determination and personality traits play a special role in goal setting and action. This study aimed to investigate the effect of self-determination training on personality traits in adolescents with visual impairment. The current study was a randomized controlled trial design. Twenty adolescents with visual impairment took part in this study...

Emotion regulation and stress management are crucial in daily life. The present researchers aimed to investigate the effect of child–parent relationship therapy (CPRT) on emotion regulation and stress in mothers of deaf children. The present study was a semirandomized controlled trial design. Thirty mothers who had deaf children were randomly selec...

Gestalt Play Therapy (GPT) is a practical form of play therapy to improve empathy in hard-of-hearing children. This study examined the effectiveness of GPT on empathy in hard-of-hearing children. Participants were recruited from the Ava rehabilitation center for mothers and hard-of-hearing children in Isfahan, Iran. The participants were 28 hard-of...

Objective: The purpose of this research was to conduct a meta-analysis of positive psychotherapy interventions for parents of children with special needs in Iran. Method: This study determined the effect size of positive psychotherapy interventions for these parents by synthesizing the results of various studies. The data sources included the Natio...

Aim: Parenting is a difficult and stressful experience for all parents, and it becomes more complicated for parents of exceptional children. Therefore, the purpose of the current research was meta-analysis to investigate the effectiveness of mindful parenting in parents of exceptional children. Method: The present research was meta-analysis type. T...

Objective: The aim of the present research was to investigate of the psychometric properties of Empathy Questionnaire (EmQue) for hearing and deaf pre-school children. Methods: This study was a descriptive research and psychometric type. Translation and translation-back was used to prepare the Persian version of EmQue. The statistical population of...

Objective: This research was aimed at the effect of excellent parenting program on the behavioral problems of hearing impaired children. Materials and Methods: The present research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. The statistical population includes all parents of 4-6-year-old hearing-impaired children...

Emotional adjustment and problem-solving are crucial in the daily life of adolescents. This study aimed to explore the effects of emotion regulation intervention on social problem-solving skills in hard-of-hearing adolescents. The present research was a semi-randomized controlled trial design. Thirty hard-of-hearing adolescents were randomly select...

Objective: This study investigates the effect of social and token economy reinforcements on academic achievement of 9th grade boy students with intellectual disabilities in an experimental science class in Tehran Province. Method: The method used for this study was experimental by pre-test, post-test with a control group. The boy students with inte...

Aim: Visual impairment is one of the problems that make the interaction of a child with visual impairment with family members, especially the mother. The purpose of the present study was the phenomenology of the lived experience of students with visual impairment from living with sighted mothers. Method: The approach of this research was qualitativ...

The present study investigated the effectiveness of emotion regulation training on the alexithymia of students with hearing loss. The research method was quasi-experimental, with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all primary school students with hearing loss in Isfahan City in the 2022-2023 ac...

This study aimed to explore the effect of cognitive remediation on cognitive and behavioral emotion regulation of female deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students. Thirty female DHH students, ages 14–16 years, were randomly selected and assigned to the treatment (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The treatment group participated in ten sessions on...

The aim of the current study was to investigate the influence of stress inoculation training (SIT) on the general health of mothers of children with visual impairments. The study population included the mothers of children with visual impairments aged 33–45 years during 2018–2019 academic year in Isfahan city. The participants were 34 mothers selec...

Attachment and resilience are crucial in parent–child interaction. In this study, we investigated the effect of a mindful parenting program on the attachment of deaf children and the resilience of their hearing mothers. The present study was a semi-randomized controlled trial design. Thirty mothers with deaf children were randomly selected from Dea...

There is increasing attention to behavioral emotion regulation and health-related quality of life in students with hearing loss (HL). Hence, we examined the effect of the emotional intelligence (EI) program on behavioral emotion regulation and health-related quality of life in students with HL. Thirty-four students ranging from 15 to 18 years of ag...

Background: Since positive parenting program (Triple-P) is one of the ways to improve parent-child interaction, conducting a meta-analysis will help determine its effect size. This study aimed to use meta-analysis to examine the effect of level 4 Triple-P on parent-child interaction with special needs in Iran. Methods: The current study is a meta-a...

Background: This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of mindful parenting on the cognitive and behavioral emotion regulation in mothers of children with hearing loss. Materials and Methods: The present research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. The statistical population...

Aim: This study aimed to present a model of challenges in raising preschool children with hearing loss from the perspective of mothers and professionals based on the grounded theory. Method: The sample of this study was 15 mothers of children with hearing loss aged 4 to 6 years from the association of parents of children with hearing loss in Tehran...

Behavioral emotion regulation and resilience are crucial in daily life. This research aimed to investigate the impact of the Incredible Years (IY) parenting program on behavioral emotion regulation and resilience in mothers of deaf children. The present study was a quasi-randomized controlled trial design. Twenty mothers between the ages of 28 and...

The present study aimed to the effect of Adlerian play therapy (AdPT) on the alexithymia and social isolation of deaf students. This study was a quasi-randomized controlled trial design. Twenty-four deaf students aged 15–18 years were randomly selected from Ferdous School for the Deaf in Isfahan, Iran. They were randomly replaced to experimental (n...

The aim of this study is to design and validate an excellent parenting program to create peace and reduce challenge in families of children suffering from hearing loss. The research deals with basic knowledge in the field and its methodology is data collection and is of a quantitative nature. The first two steps were performed by content analysis m...

This research examined the effect of the Working Memory-based Cognitive Rehabilitation (WMCR) intervention on the spoken language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. In this clinical trial study, 28 DHH children aged between 5 and 6 years were selected by random sampling method. The participants were randomly assigned to experim...

The present article was a narrative review overview of parenting education programs for hearing impaired children and the characteristics of those programs. For this purpose, articles published in Persian and English in IranDoc and SID databases, ISC for Persian articles and Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed, Medline and Google scholar databases for E...

This study aimed to investigate the relationships among social-emotional assets and resilience, empathy and behavioral problems in DHH children. One hundred and ten DHH preschool children participated in this cross-sectional research. Participants were selected by a simple random sampling method from preschool centers for the Deaf in xxx, xxx in 20...

Objective Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) can be considered one of the best practices for children with Cochlear Implants (CIs) who show impairments in cognitive skills such as executive functions. Hence, this research examined the impact of AVT on the executive functions in children with CIs. Methods This was a randomized case control study with pr...

Objective The current study was conducted with the aim of phenomenology of the lived experience of hearing teenagers with hearing impaired parents in Isfahan City. Materials & Methods The investigation of this research was qualitative and based on the descriptive phenomenology approach that was conducted in 2018. The participants were selected by p...

The current study aimed to explore the effect of play therapy based on the Axline approach on the social-emotional assets and resilience of preschool children with hearing loss. This study was quasi-experimental research of a single-subject type with baseline, intervention, and follow-up design. In this study, three preschool children with hearing...

Theraplay is a useful and effective form of play therapy to improve social–emotional assets and resilience in children with hearing loss. Hence, this study examined the effect of Group Theraplay (GT) on the social–emotional assets and resilience in these children. The participants were selected from a rehabilitation center for mothers and children...

The aim of this study was to investigate the satisfaction and quality of life and psychological well-being of deaf adolescents and to realize that now and in today's society, not moving according to social scheduling theory can affect the quality and satisfaction of life and psychological well-being of deaf adolescents. Put, done. For this purpose,...

Adolescents with hearing loss are one of the most important groups of people with special needs that doing research about them is rare and sometimes have conflicting results. The purpose of this study was to analyze and explore the challenges of raising a child with hearing loss from the perspective of parents with normal hearing and the adolescent...

The present study examined the effect of filial therapy (FT) on interaction of deaf mothers with their hearing children. Participants were recruited from association and center of deaf people in Isfahan, Iran. The participants were 30 deaf mothers and their hearing children who were selected by convenient sampling method. They were randomly divided...

Orientation and mobility (O&M) training is a practical and helpful method to prepare people who are blind for independent living. Hence, this study aimed to survey the effect of O&M training on the quality of life in students who are blind in Iran. This research was a quasi-randomized controlled trial design. Participants were 24 third-grade to six...

Social-Emotional competence can ensure a person's success in social life and improve the quality of his relationships. The foundation of social-emotional competence forms in childhood and individuals learn socio-emotional skills during this period. however, Today, children are emotionally immature. They have few friends and their relationships with...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the cognitive rehabilitation program on prospective and retrospective memory in students with hearing impairment. The present research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test design and control group. The participants were 26 girl children with hearing impairment fr...

The aim of this study was to investigate of the psychometric properties of Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for adolescents and adults for first time in Iran. The present research was a descriptive research and survey type. Translation and translation-back was used to prepare the Persian version of Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionn...

The current research aims to determine the effectiveness of Incredible Years (IY) program training on self-efficacy in mothers of deaf children. This research was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design and a control group. The statistical population of the present study included all mothers of deaf children in Shahreza in 20...

Hearing loss children face many challenges in behavioral skills and emotional reactions. Play therapy is one of the intervention programs that has been shown to encourage significant improvement in the physical, cognitive, social and emotional skills of hearing loss children. The aim of this study was to analytical investigate of the application of...

Every day therapists and counselors deal with deaf children that had different kind of traumas, generated by different situations. These children may also be severely damaged emotionally. The professionals have to employ the powers of play therapy in order to help the young clients communicate their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Gestalt play th...

Filial Therapy (FT) is a style of play therapy that uses parental play as a tool to treat children's problems. This style of therapy, which is a combination of different approaches such as psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioral, cognitive theory, and the developmental theory of attachment and family system, encourages parents and children to express...

Play therapy improves the social, emotional and cognitive development of children. However, communication barriers between hearing parents and their hearing loss children can impede the development of these children and deprive them of the benefits of parental care and support. Accordingly, effective communication between parents and their hearing...

Background and Aims: Video modeling training program is becoming a more practical method to improve cognitive emotion regulation of mothers and behavioral problems of deaf children and using this program has been associated with desirable outcomes. The purpose of the present research was to investigate the effectiveness of video modeling training o...

Objectives: Cognitive emotion regulation plays an important role in the emotional intelligence of students with hearing impairment. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of cognitive emotion regulation on emotional intelligence in students with hearing impairment. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental research with p...

The purpose of the present study was adoption and validation of Superior Auditory Verbal Early Intervention Program (Superior AVA) to improve the speech skills of children with hearing loss. The present research was a fundamental research. The study population included professionals of psychology and education of exceptional children and educators...

Background: Studies have been conducted on the acquisition of self-efficacy skills and the deaf, but research that has examined and discovered the challenges of deaf adolescents in acquiring self-efficacy skills has been neglected. Aims: The aim of the present study is to discover and examine the challenges of deaf adolescents in acquiring the skil...

Objective: The aim of the present research was o the determine the effectiveness of positive parenting program (triple-p) on the relationship profile of mothers and hearing loss children. Methods: Study procedure was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. Forty mothers of hearing loss students were selected by random sam...

Emotion regulation and life orientation are very important in daily life. The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of emotion management strategies program in life orientation and cognitive emotion regulation in female deaf students. The participants were 34 female deaf students aged between 15 and 19 years selected by random cluster sam...

Background and Objective: Hearing impairment affects all aspects of a person's life. This study aimed to compare executive functions, emotional intelligence, and motivated strategies for learning in adolescents with normal hearing and those with hearing impairment using either hearing aids or cochlear implantation in Tehran, Iran. Materials and Met...

Objectives: Cognitive emotion regulation plays an important role in the emotional intelligence of students with hearing impairment. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of cognitive emotion regulation on emotional intelligence in students with hearing impairment. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental research with...

Background & Objectives: Hearing impairment is a prevalent neurosensory impairment leading to decreased life quality, isolation, social activity reduction, and rejection feeling. Accordingly, decreased intelligence capacity and cognitive emotion regulation deficits in children and adolescents with hearing impairment might sometimes increase alexith...

Background & Objectives: Hearing impairment is a prevalent neurosensory condition which leads to decreased life quality, withdrawal, social activities reduction, and rejection feelings. Additionally, decreased emotion regulation in hearing-impaired children and adolescents could sometimes increase their psychological problems. It is important to pl...

There is a growing interest in the quality of life and cognitive emotion regulation of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adolescents. Hence, the present study examined the effects of emotional intelligence training on quality of life and cognitive emotion regulation of DHH adolescents. The participants were 36 female DHH adolescents aged 16–20 years w...

Purpose There is a growing interest in speech intelligibility and auditory perception of deaf children. The aim of the present study was to compare speech intelligibility and auditory perception of pre-school children with Hearing Aid (HA), Cochlear Implant (CI), and Typical Hearing (TH). Methods The research design was descriptive-analytic and co...

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Linguistic information and cognitive rehabilitation has more related with auditory perception and verbal intelligibility. The aim of the present study was to assessment of the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation program on the auditory perception and verbal intelligibility of deaf children. This study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-t...

Background and Purpose: The most of students with intellectual disability have not appropriate social competency. Inappropriate social competency leads to psychological problem in their life, while mental immunization training has been associated with desirable outcomes. The purpose of this research was to investigation of the effectiveness of ment...

Objective: The purpose of the present research was to investigate the effectiveness of the stress inoculation training on the social competency of individuals with cerebral palsy in Tehran, Iran.

Background & Objective: Children with visual impairment and blind are one of the groups of children with special needs, and visual impairment widely recognised as one of the most common disabilities. Visual impairments and blindness play an important role in individual life. Of the particular education categories, we perhaps feel particularly uncom...

The aim of this research was to examine the effectiveness of positive parenting program (Triple-P) on the mental health of mothers of children with intellectual disability (ID). This study was a quasi-experimental research with pretest, posttest design, and a control group. Thirty-six mothers of students with ID participated in this study and were...

Background & Objective: Behavioral disorders are as one of the most frequent neurodevelopmental disorders and the common cause that children referred psychologists and professionals. Adding to their behavioral problems, many children with behavioral disorders also have issues of interaction and relationship with their mothers, fathers, brothers, si...

Background & Objective: Intellectual and developmental disability is widely recognized as one of the most common disabilities. Most professionals rely on criteria from the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), to determine whether an individual has intellectual and developmental...

Objectives: Motor therapy plays a key role on the bilateral coordination skills and motor activities of children with Intellectual Disability (ID). The present research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of motor therapy on motor skills and bilateral coordination skills of students with ID. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental research with...

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate of the effectiveness of incredible years’ parent program on the behavioral problems of children with behavioral disorder in Isfahan city. Methods: The present research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test design and control group. The participants were 30 mothers of children with behav...

Background & Objective: Deaf students are one of the groups of children with special needs, and deafness is widely recognized as one of the most common disabilities. Deafness is a generic term referring to all types, causes, and degrees of hearing loss. To delineate the impact of a hearing loss on the development of speech, language, and literacy,...

Objectives: Sensory integration training plays a crucial role on the attention span and motor skills of students with Down syndrome. The present research aimed to investigate the effect of sensory integration training on the attention span and motor skills of students with Down syndrome Methods: This was a quasi-experimental research with a pretes...

Objectives: Sensory integration training plays a crucial role on the attention span and motor skills of students with Down syndrome. The present research aimed to investigate the effect of sensory integration training on the attention span and motor skills of students with Down syndrome. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental research with a pretes...