A comparison of psychological well-being and control of anger in mothers of children with learning disabilities and normal children

The purpose of this study was to compare psychological well-being and control of anger in mothers of children with learning disabilities and normal children. This is a comparative case-control study. The statistical population of this research includes all mothers of children with learning disabilities and normal children in Tabriz in the period of 2014-2015.The research sample consisted of 40 mothers of children with learning disabilities selected by simple random sampling and 40 mothers of normal children homogenized on the basis of age, socioeconomic status. To collect data, Zia Aldin Reza-Khani's questionnaires of control of anger of and Riff's psychological well-being Inventory were used. The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups of mothers in terms of psychological well-being and control of anger. It can be concluded that mothers of children with learning disabilities, have higher rates of anger and less psychological well-being than mothers of normal children and their problems have impact on their academic performance, which are usually ignored in schools. Furthermore, training skills of mother's anger control plays a key role in the academic achievement of children with LD.