Comparison of Coping Styles, Distress Tolerance and Religious Adherence in Mothers of Children with Physical-Motor Disabled and Normal

Having a disabled child can negative effect on health and quality of life of parents, especially mothers. Therefore, present research aimed to comparison of coping styles, distress tolerance and religious adherence in mothers of children with physical-motor disabled and normal.

In a causal-comparative study among mothers of children with physical-motor disabled and normal of Tehran city in 2018 year, number of 70 people (35 in each group) were selected by available sampling method. The groups responded to the questionnaires of coping styles, distress tolerance and religious adherence. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance method with using SPSS version 19 software.

The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the groups in terms of coping styles and distress tolerance, but there wasn’t significant difference in terms of religious adherence. In the other words, the rate of distress tolerance and coping styles including problem solving, physical control, attracting social support, emotional control and cognitive evaluation in mothers with physical-motor disabled children was lower that mothers with normal children (P<0.05).

The findings indicated there were lower types of coping styles and distress tolerance in mothers of physical-motor disabled children in compared with mothers of normal children. Therefore, specialists and authorities should design and implement programs to improve the coping styles and distress tolerance of mothers with physical-motor disabled children.