effectiveness of group stress management training on affective control and distress tolerance of mothers of children with sensorymotor disabilities

Background: the aim of present study was to determine the influence of stress management on affective control and distress tolerance in mothers of children with sensorymotor disabilities.methods: this current study was a study with pretestposttest and treatment group. the thirty mothers of children with sensorymotor disabilities were selected from sensorymotor disabilities center in qum by 2015. the participants were randomly divided into control (n=15) and experimental (n=15) groups. stress management training was conducted on experimental group during 8 sessions (90 minutes, twice per week). the research instrument was affective control scale (acs, 1997) and distress tolerance scale (dts, 2005). participants were taken pretest measures one week prior to the start of this training. then the questionnaire was administered at posttest. statistical analysis was performed using analysis of variance.results: the results indicated that there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores in distress tolerance (±sd: 30.2±8.1, 33±9.3; f= 7.58) anxiety (±sd:40.5± 9.2, 44±8 f=1.79), anger (sd:±25.4±4.1, 39.4±5.6; f=1.03), and depressed mood (sd± 27.7± 5.3, 38.6± 7.4; f=1.70) in the experimental group (p<0.05). additionally, the significant difference was not observed between score of pretest and posttest in positive emotion (sd± 41.7±9.9, 39±7.48; f=1.08) in the experimental group (p<0.05).conclusions: the finding emphasized that the stress management reduced the level of distress tolerance, stress, anxiety, and anger in mothers with sensorymotor disability children. hence, it can be considered enhancing the affective control in mothers of sensorymotor disability children in therapeutic intervention.