Investigation of relationship between perceived social support with scales of mental Wellbeing, in Mothers Having exceptional and normal children

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived social support and scale of subjective well-being among women of children exceptional and ordinary. Method: In this correlational study, 400 mothers of children with exceptional and ordinary, simple random sampling, and multistage were selected, and the scales of social support (Zymet, 1988) , measures of subjective well-being, including life satisfaction (Diener, 1985), and positive and negative affect schedule (Watson, 1988), respectively. Results: The results obtained by analyzing the correlation matrix showed that in both groups of mothers, the relationship between total score, and perception of social support, life satisfaction and positive affect, positive and negative affect, negative . Conclusion: The perceived social support and mental well-being of their mothers, there is, by providing social support and timely, by the institutions and other family members, and appropriate training to women of exceptional children, subjective well-being will increase.