The Role of Brain-Behavioral Systems in Predicting Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Sensitivity in Mothers with Autistic Children

The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of brain-behavioral systems in predicting emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity in mothers with autistic children. The statistical population of this research includes all mothers with autistic children whose children were studying in the exceptional elementary schools of Tehran in the academic year of 1401-1402. 150 of them were selected by available sampling method. The measurement tools in this research were questionnaires of brain-behavioral systems, emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity, which had acceptable validity and reliability. In order to analyze the data, inferential statistics of Pearson's correlation coefficient and multivariate regression were used using SPSS-23 software. The results showed that between behavioral brain systems and emotion regulation; And there is a relationship between brain-behavioral systems and anxiety sensitivity in mothers with autistic children. Also, the results of statistical analysis indicated that brain-behavioral systems are predictors of emotion regulation and anxiety sensitivity in mothers with autistic children.