Ezat Deyreh - Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.
Afsaneh Abidizadegan - Ph.D. student in General Psychology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.

Abstract:Background: Emotion-regulation is a process that helps to adjust emotions either consciously or unconsciously. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of emotion-regulation training on resilience, psychological well-being, and quality of life among mothers having mentally disabled children.Materials and methods: The study was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population included all mothers having mentally disabled children under auspices of the Welfare Authorities of Bushehr in ۲۰۱۷-۱۸. ۳۰ mothers were selected by convenience sampling method. They were divided into two groups including experimental and control (n۱=n۲=۱۵). Data collection was conducted using resilience, psychological well-being, and quality of life questionnaires. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Multivariable Analysis of Covariance as well as SPSS version ۲۶.Findings: The results indicated a significant difference between mean scores of resilience, psychological well-being as well as quality of life among subjects of experimental and control groups in the posttest step (p <۰.۰۵).Conclusion: Emotion-regulation training seems to be an efficient and promising way due to its nature for treatment and work with mothers of mentally disabled children.

Keywords: emotion-regulation training, resilience, psychological well-being, Quality of Life