The relationship between schema emotional and coping strategies with psychological distress in mother's exceptional children

Objective: The present study the relationship between schema emotional and coping strategies with psychological distress in mother's exceptional children in Andimeshk city. Method: The research had a descriptive correlation method. The population consisted of all mothers exceptional children in Andimeshk city and sample comprised 210 selected by using randomly sampling. To measure the variables, coping strategies questionnaire (Carver, 1989), emotional schemas (Leahy, 2002) and depression, anxiety and stress scales (‎Lovibond and ‎Lovibond, 1995) was used. To analyze the data, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions were used. Results: The results suggested that there is significant relationship between coping strategies and emotional schemas with depression, anxiety and stress in mothers of exceptional children. The results also showed that emotional schemas and coping strategies in 28% of depression, 45% anxiety, and 36% of stress account relationship. Conclusion: The findings of this research indicate that the emotional schemas and solving coping strategies influence health mental. The emotional schemas, emotional and avoidance coping strategies decrease health mental and problem coping strategies increase that