Effectiveness of emotion-regulation training in resilience, psychological well-being, and quality of life among mothers with mentally disabled children

Background: emotion-regulation is a process that helps to adjust emotions either consciously or unconsciously. the present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of emotion-regulation training in resilience, psychological well-being, and quality of life among mothers with mentally disabled children.materials and methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted based on a pretest-posttest control group design. the statistical population included all mothers with mentally disabled children under auspices of the welfare authorities of bushehr in 2017-2018. a total of 30 mothers were selected by convenience sampling method and assigned to two groups of experimental and control (n=15 in each group). data collection was conducted using resilience, psychological well-being, and quality of life questionnaires. data were analyzed in spss software (version 26) using descriptive statistics and multivariable analysis of covariance.results: the results indicated a significant difference between mean scores of resilience, psychological well-being, and quality of life among subjects in experimental and control groups in the posttest stage (p<0.05).conclusion: as evidenced by the obtained results, emotion-regulation training seems to be efficient and promising for mothers with mentally disabled children.