quality of life of mothers of children with special needs: a qualitative study    yaghmaei f [1] *, sahar m [2]     received: 29 sep , 2013 accepted: 16 nov , 2013   abstract:   background & aims: quality of life (qol) is important in today's society. by qol, the people’s experience of life could be measured. quality of life of mothers with children with special needs is the focus of this ...

PURPOSE the main goal of this study is to evaluate the emotional conditions among mothers of newborns with visible malformation (Group M) and mothers of eutrophic newborns (Group E) soon after birth. METHODS twenty-two mothers from the Group M were matched by age and number of children to 22 mothers of the Group E. They were assessed through the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the State-T...

The present study was designed to compare marital satisfaction in mothers with normal children and mothers with mentally retarded children and to establish the role of sexual self-esteem as a forecaster of marital satisfaction in mothers in Qaen, Iran (2014). 120 mothers were participated in this study. 60 mothers with mentally retarded children were selected through census and another 60 mothe...