Positive Thinking Skills and Their Relationship to Post-Trauma Growth for Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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the current study examines the nature of the correlation between Positive Thinking Skills  and post-traumatic growth, and determining the predictive nature of the relationship between them  for Mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. in order to achieve this goal The researcher Prepared " Positive Thinking Skills" measure   and "post-traumatic growth" Inventory. The current sample consisted of 74 Mothers, ranged in age span between 25-55 years old , mean age = 35.79 yrs.). The current study is based on the use of the descriptive approach, the study has reached a number of findings as follows: There is a positive correlative relationship (0.01) between Positive Thinking Skills  and post-traumatic growth. Positive Thinking Skills positively predicted post-traumatic growth for Mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
 

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