The Comparision of Confrontation Methods against the Psychological Pressuress of the Parents of Mental Patients and Normal People

The present study is to study and make a comparison between confrontation methods against psychological preseeures of parents of metal patients and normal people. Then for this reason 400 people, including 201 parents of mdntal patients and 199 parents of normal people of Shahreza City and its subsurbs were chosen by random sampling, then their method to fight psychological pressure by distribution of a questionnaire designed by Carver, Schier and Weintrab (1989), was measured. Stability of the questionnaire in the present study had been reported with a method of Creanbach to be 0.82. The results showed that the parents of mental patients use the method of problem center lesser, while the parents of normal children use it more. Also parents of mental patients used the method of the answrers that are less helpful and the method of not effective answers more than he parents who hav normal children. In addition, the comparison between both parents revealed that the parents of mental patients use the following wishful thinking, negative thinking, lack of mental involvement, lack of behavioral involvement, focusing on sympathy and more denial. On the contrary the parents of normal children use the following active confrontation methods, planning, and prevention of annoying programs, social support and approaching the religion, Other findings of the study show that mother of mental illness children for their confrontation methods used less helpful answers and not effective answers more than their fathers. Also the parents who do not have higher education use confrontation methods of less helpful emotion centered and finally the parents with level jobs use solving problem methods more.