A Comparison of Coping Styles of Exceptional Children's Mothers and Normal Children's Mothers

Abstract

This research aims to compare the coping styles of exceptional children's mothers and normal children's mothers in Arak city. This is a causal-comparative study. The research population was included of all exceptional children's mothers and normal children's mothers in Arak city which they children were educated in special schools and normal primary schools. The number of these individuals was 150 who were selected randomly. The sample was included 50 ordinary women who were selected by random clustering method in Arak city. Coping skills (CISS) was used in this study. T-test was used to test the hypothesis. The results showed a significant difference between exceptional children's mothers and normal children's mothers. Hypothesis was confirmed. So it can be concluded that coping style scores in exceptional children's mothers is less than normal children's mothers