Assessment of the Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Reducing Pathological Gambling

Testing the Efficacy of Family Health-Model of REBT on Family Values and Quality of Family Life Among Parents of Children with Visual Impairment

“…The economic power of parents with disabled children is usually threatened by the financial demands of keeping and managing their disability (Adebisi, 2018 ). Ede and et al, ( 2020a , 2020b ) observed that caring for disabled children imposes a serious economic threat to parents especially parents who combine caregiving and paid employment or business activities. Parents also exhibit signs of withdrawal, low self-esteem in view of their status in the society (Castañeda et al, 2016 ; Smyth et al, 2014 ).…”

“…It also occurs when the family believe that their family worth and well-being can no longer be achieved. Thus, the family experiences depression, anxiety, frustration and self-downing among others (Brown & Marshall, 2001 ; Ede et al, 2020a , 2020b ).…”

“…self-disbeliefs about parenting, negative self-beliefs about coping with a chronic stressor for having a child with visual loss)leave a significant stress in parental relationship (e.g. Joyce, 2006 ).Studies have attributed the psychiatric symptoms to erroneous self-beliefs (Ede et al, 2020a , 2020b , 2021 ; Greaves Joyce, 2006 ).Wrong notions about self-belief are undesirable cognitive judgment about self, future, and the world (Ede, et al, 2020a , 2020b ; Sommer, et al, 2018 ). Meanwhile, the erroneous self-beliefs among parents of children with visual loss may probably affect the physical and psychological growth of the child and quality of family life (Murphy et al, 2007 ; Sanders, 2012 ).…”

“…Studies have shown that REBT- based approach decreases the psychological symptoms of disability (Cobham et al, 1998 ). Similarly, rational emotive interventions have been conducted using other populations like the mothers of children with Down Syndrome (Ede et al, 2020a , 2020b ), and Romanian foster parents with psycho-emotional distress (Ciff et al, 2015 ). Joyce ( 2006 ) developed a rational emotive parent education programme to reduce emotional stress among 48 parents.…”

“…Joyce ( 2006 ) developed a rational emotive parent education programme to reduce emotional stress among 48 parents. The researchers observed that rational emotive behavioural-driven programme is targeted to assist parents to identify, dispute, and decrease parental irrational beliefs associated with parental stress, low quality of family life and to teach parents how to adjust (Ede, et al, 2020a , 2020b ; Joyce, 2006 ). Thus, within the context of this study, it is possible that low self-esteem, poor social recognition, and inferiority complex, among others, affect family value and quality of family life of parents of children with visual impairments.…”