Comparison of metacognitive beliefs, rumination, worry and intolerance of uncertainty in mothers of students with and without learning disorder

The purpose of this study was to compare metacognitive beliefs, rumination, worry and intolerance of uncertainty in mothers of students with and without learning disorder. The statistical population of this study included mothers of children with and without learning disorder in Marand who visited the Marand Learning Center in order to treat their children's learning disabilities during the second six months of the academic year of 2017-2018. From these visitors, 50 mothers of children with learning disabilities were selected through convenience sampling. Data collection instruments were the short form of the metacognitions questionnaire by Wales & Cartwright-Haaton, rumination questionnaire by Yousefi, intolerance of uncertainty scale by Friston and the Pennsylvania State worry questionnaire. The results of the study indicated that two groups of mothers with and without children with learning disorder had a significant difference in meta-cognitive beliefs, rumination, worry and uncertainty. The findings of this study, while confirming the mental health problems in parents (especially mothers) with children with learning disabilities, can also be interpreted within the framework of cognitive theories of emotional disorders.