The Relationship between Attitude toward Self, World and Future and Mental Health among Mothers of Children with Learning Disabilities in Ahvaz City

The attitude toward various events in life can effect on mental health. Having a child with special needs is one of the events that change the attitude and function of family. The current study aimed to evaluate the relationship between attitude toward the self, the world and the future and mental health in mothers of children with learning disability. The current study was a descriptive–correlation study. In this study 98 mothers who had a child with learning disability enrolled in two state and private schools in Ahvaz during academic year of 2014-2015 and assessed using an available sampling method. The survey data were collected through the general health questionnaire and cognitive triad inventory and then were analysed by statistical methods including Pearson correlation coefficient, regression analysis and statistical program of SPSS-16 in a 0.05 significant level. The obtained means and standard deviations were 38.36 ± 7.24 for attitude toward the self, 31.29 ± 6.02 for attitude to the world, 37.14 ± 8.38 for attitude toward the future, and 27.07 ± 11.96 for total score of mental health. There was a significant negative relationship between the attitude toward the self, the world and the future with mental health. Stepwise multiple regression analysis illustrated that, among the cognitive attitudes, attitude toward the self can foresee 24 percent of the variance of mental health.