The effectiveness of stress-emotion management skills training on quality of the mother-child relationship of mothers’ children with autism spectrum disorder

 The aim of this study was to determine The effectiveness of stress-emotion management skills training on quality of the mother-child relationship of mothers’ children with autism spectrum disorder. This study was an experimental study with a pretest-posttest-follow-up plan with a control group. The statistical Society was all mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder in Iran Autism Association in Tehran, from which 30 people were selected by purposive sampling and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation (MCRE) Questionnaire (Robert Ross, 1961) were used to collect data. Mixed multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the data with respect to defaults. The mothers' promotion program was implemented in 7 two-hour sessions for the experimental group. The results showed that the scores of components of rejection and overprotection decreased in the experimental group compared to the control group, but in acceptance increased significantly (P <0.01).,in the follow up step lasting effect was seen. Due to the effectiveness of mothers' promotion program (stress-emotion management), improving the mother-child relationship of mothers’ children with autism spectrum disorder, this package can be used as a psychological intervention.