Developing and Validating an Educational Model for Women to Cope with Maternal Stress based on the Coping Methods of Satisfied Women and its Effectiveness in the Cognitive Emotion Regulation

The present research was conducted with the aim of developing an educational model for women to cope with maternal stress based on the coping methods of satisfied women and its effectiveness in their cognitive emotion regulation. The research design was mixed methods. The participants in the qualitative phase of the study included the women (living in Tehran in 2021), who were satisfied with their lives and had at least one 6-year old child. In the first phase, after the initial screening, from among 51 women, 11 women whose level of satisfaction with life was above the mean were selected through purposive sampling method. Using in-depth interviews, an educational model for women to cope with their maternal stress was prepared in 10 sessions. In the second phase, the validity of the educational model was confirmed using Content Validity Ratio (CVR) index of Lawshe (1975). In the third phase, the population and the statistical sample were selected, and using the multi-baseline design, the educational model was implemented. Through available sampling method, the mothers who met the inclusion criteria were provided with Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire; they were asked to fill out the questionnaire. Finally, from among the 14 mothers who were examined, three mothers who both had the inclusion criteria and were volunteers participated in the study and were trained in 10 sessions. Findings The results showed that the educational model of women's coping with maternal stress based on the coping methods of satisfied women was effective in their cognitive emotion regulation.