Determining the role of patience and moral intelligence in predicting action control (action and state orientation) of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder

Autism spectrum disorder is a persistent neurodevelopmental disability that persistent challenges in the development of social communication, speech, non-verbal communications also behavioral patterns of a child with this disorder can affect mother-child interaction. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the factors affecting mother's adaptation in order to promote mother's health and improve mother-child relations. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the role of patience and moral intelligence in predicting the action control components (action and state orientation) of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. The statistical population included about 300 mothers with children with autism spectrum disorder who were members of the male-manahad and self-organized group "Negar's Autism Experimental Question and Answer; Ilya's Mother" in Tehran, of which 169 people were selected by convenience sampling method.To measure the research variables, Hossein Sabet Patience Measurment Scale (PS), Lenick and Kiel Moral Intelligence Questionnaire (MIQ), Action Control Scale-Revised (ACS-R) were used in the internet implementation method. Data analysis was done using spss software and descriptive statistical techniques, Pearson correlation analysis and multivariables regression analysis. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between patience and moral intelligence with the components of disengagement, initiative and persistency and a negative and significant relationship with the components of preoccupation, hesitation and volatility. Therefore, the findings indicate the role of patience and moral intelligence in increasing action orientation and reducing state orientation in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder.