M.A. Thesis:

The effectiveness of the combination education of mindfulness and positive psychotherapy on rumination, social isolation and stigma among mother's children with deaf and hearing-impaired mothers in Sabzevar.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of educational training of mindfulness and positive psychology approaches on rumination, social isolation and stigma in mothers of deaf and hearing impaired children in Sabzevar city. This study was applied in terms of the purpose of the research, and a semi-experimental study method Experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population in this study is all mothers with deaf and hearing impaired students in Sabzevar city in the academic year of 97-96. The sample consisted of 40 mothers of deaf and hearing impaired children who were randomly assigned to experimental (20) and control (20) groups. Data were collected using standard Astigma Rittcher questionnaire (2003), Social isolation (Russell 1976) and Nullen Hoeksma (1991) rumination. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution chart and table) and inferential statistics (covariance analysis) using SPSS version 23 software. The results of this study showed that educational training of mindfulness and positive psychology approaches had a positive and significant effect on decreasing rumination, social isolation and stigma of mothers of deaf and hearing impaired children.

Keywords: Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Rhymination, Social isolation, Stigma