background adaptation is an important process for humans. children, who are physically or mentally disabled, impose special stresses on their families, parents and in particular on their mothers. objectives this study examines the relationship between the characteristics of mothers who have educable mentally retarded children, and their adaptation based on roy’s adaptation model. patients and m...

We have treated a total of 15 patients (11 girls, 4 boys) for choanal atresia in the University Department of Otorhinolaryngology during a period of 15 years from 1963-1976. No other cases occurred in their families. One patients is mentally retarded, whereas none of the others have had other congenital defects. Five patients (4 girls, 1 boy) had bilateral choanal atresia. In all 5 cases, the b...

background and purpose: birth of a mentally retarded child is a significant challenge in every family and is associated with the possibility of parental stress and depression. this study aimed to evaluate the self-concept of mothers with educable mentally retarded (emr) children. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 40 mothers with emr children in the only special primary school...

Parents of 50 mentally retarded children were investigated for their attitudes towards their retarded children. Both the parents showed more negative attitudes toward their severely retarded child. In general mothers exhibited more negative attitude than the fathers.