effectiveness of group stress management training on affective control and distress tolerance of mothers of children with sensory-motor disabilities

background: the aim of present study was to determine the influence of stress management on affective control and distress tolerance in mothers of children with sensory-motor disabilities. methods: this current study was a study with pretest-posttest and treatment group. the thirty mothers of children with sensory-motor disabilities were selected from sensory-motor disabilities center in qum by 2015. the participants were randomly divided into control (n=15) and experimental (n=15) groups. stress management training was conducted on experimental group during 8 sessions (90 minutes, twice per week). the research instrument was affective control scale (acs, 1997) and distress tolerance scale (dts, 2005). participants were taken pre-test measures one week prior to the start of this training. then the questionnaire was administered at post-test. statistical analysis was performed using analysis of variance. results: the results indicated that there was a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores in distress tolerance (±sd: 30.2±8.1, 33±9.3; f= 7.58) anxiety (±sd:40.5± 9.2, 44±8; f=1.79), anger (sd:±25.4±4.1, 39.4±5.6; f=1.03), and depressed mood (sd± 27.7± 5.3, 38.6± 7.4; f=1.70) in the experimental group (p<0.05). additionally, the significant difference was not observed between score of pretest and posttest in positive emotion (sd± 41.7±9.9, 39±7.48; f=1.08) in the experimental group (p<0.05). conclusions: the finding emphasized that the stress management reduced the level of distress tolerance, stress, anxiety, and anger in mothers with sensory-motor disability children. hence, it can be considered enhancing the affective control in mothers of sensory-motor disability children in therapeutic intervention.