%0 Journal Article %T The effectiveness of group counseling based on logotherapy on loneliness and depression of mothers with children with learning disabilities %J Research of Womens %I Fatemiyeh Shiraz, Institute of Higher Education %Z 2783-1205 %A mohsen nazarifar %A neda ghanei fard %D 1400 %\ 1400/06/14 %V 3 %N 2 %P 9-31 %! The effectiveness of group counseling based on logotherapy on loneliness and depression of mothers with children with learning disabilities %K Logotherapy %K Loneliness %K Depression %K Learning Disabilities %R 10.52547/row.2.3.9 %X This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of group counseling based on logotherapy on reducing loneliness and depression in mothers with children with learning disabilities. The present study was semi-experimental. The statistical population was all mothers having children with learning disabilities, referred to the Velayat Learning Disabilities Center in Ahvaz. Among whom, 20people were selected by the available sampling method and were divided randomly into experimental and control groups. Data collection in this study was conducted by the Behavior of Loneliness Questionnaire (UCLA) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Experimental group sessions were held with a logotherapy approach during ten 90-minute sessions. Descriptive statistics mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics, multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance, were used. The results showed that group therapy based on logotherapy reduces loneliness and depression of mothers with children with learning disabilities (P˂0.01). Therefore, this therapeutic approach possibly is employed as an effective method to help reduce loneliness and depression in mothers of children with learning disabilities. %U http://rimag.ir/fa/Article/24276