The Effectiveness of Filial Therapy and Cognitive-BehavioralArt-Play on Meta-emotion View of Mothers of Single-parentChildren During Coronavirus Quarantine

Background: social distance, linked with negative emotional impacts, is one strategy to avoidcovid-19 disease, particularly for single parents and their children. this research aimed to seehow filial therapy and cognitive-behavioral art-play therapy can help single mothers’ emotionalperspectives.methods: a quasi-experimental study was conducted with three groups in two stages: pretestand post-test. the study’s statistical population included mothers of children aged 6 to 12years living in isfahan city, iran, in 1400. a total of 54 mothers with single parent children werechosen via purposive sampling method based on the inclusion criteria. then, they were randomlyassigned to three experimental and control groups during public call in. the dependent variablewas measured online using evelynekehe (2011) meta-emotion perspective questionnaire. in tenconsecutive sessions, mothers with children in the two groups received the intervention, whereasthe control group received no intervention. multivariate analysis of covariance was used toanalyze the obtained data in spss software, v. 27.results: there was a significant difference in guidance beliefs between the art-play therapygroup and the filial therapy group, as well as between the two modalities of treatment (p<0.01).the findings also revealed a significant difference in views about sufficiency and competencebetween the art-play and the filial control group (p<0.01), as well as between the filial therapyand the control group (p<0.01). this finding suggests that art-play and filial therapy boostedmeta-emotion and its components in evelynekehe.conclusion: considering the effect of two interventions of art - play therapy and filial therapyon improving the mother 's meta-emotion perspective and the effect of art - play therapy onmoderating ideas related to guidance and competence of mothers, it is necessary to pay attentionto medical and educational planning. consider the plight of single mothers in the covid-19epidemic and quarantine.