fa اثر بخشی آموزش مبتنی بر سبک دلبستگی بر صمیمیت و ناگویی خلقی والدین کودکان کم توان ذهنی ● International Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <div style="text-align: justify;">Parents of children with Intellectual Disabilities obviously and undeniably experience the same love and joy for their children , but they also have an increased risk of encountering stressors (e.g., high medical costs), anxiety, and depression. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of attachment-based therapy training on increasing intimacy and alexithymia of the parents of Intellectual Disabilities &nbsp;children. The population consisted of all parents of Intellectual Disabilities &nbsp;children in Kermanshah &nbsp;city, Iran, from which a sample with the size of 30 parents was randomly selected. They were then randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group participated in 8 sessions of attachment-based therapy and control group received no intervention.&nbsp;The research design was quasi-experimental. For data analysis, SPSS (version18) was used and the statistical method of co-variance analysis was run. The research findings revealed a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group concerning the degree of intimacy (p<span dir="RTL">&ge; </span>&nbsp;0.000) . However, no significant contrast was found in terms of the Alexithymia.&nbsp; With respect to findings of the current study, it can be concluded that training based upon the attachment style can lead to intimacy increase among Parents of children with Intellectual Disabilities.</div> Attachment, Parenting, Intellectual Disability , Intimacy, Alexithymia 3 10 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-460-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Amir Ghamarani امیر قمرانی aghamarani@yahoo.com 100319475328460016855 100319475328460016855 No , Department of Psychology of Children with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan,Isfahan, Iran. اصفهان Hamed Ghasemi Arganeh حامد قاسمی ارگنه hamed2186@yahoo.com 100319475328460016856 100319475328460016856 Yes Department of counseling, Faculty of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.tel:0939-688-8378 Sahneh, Shahrak Basij Bloc 8 ghateh26. Applied and Scientific Center of Kermanshah’s Bonyadshahid (hamed2186@yahoo.com Samad Azimi Garosi صمد عظیمی گروسی semadagha@yahoo.com 100319475328460016857 100319475328460016857 No , Department of psychology of Children with Special Needs, Faculty of Education and Psychology ,University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Mohamad Ghasemi Arganeh محمد قاسمی ارگنه samiredehghani@yahoo.com 100319475328460016858 100319475328460016858 No Department of Special Education , , Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teachers University of Allameh Amini, Tabriz, Iran.