Shahid Beheshti University Journal of Family Research 1735-8442 20 2 2024 10 22 Comparison Behavioral Inhibition, Early Maladaptive Schemas, Emotion Regulation, Quality of Life of Mothers with Disabled Children and Mothers with Normal Children Referred to Welfare of Lorestan Province Comparison Behavioral Inhibition, Early Maladaptive Schemas, Emotion Regulation, Quality of Life of Mothers with Disabled Children and Mothers with Normal Children Referred to Welfare of Lorestan Province 87 106 105057 10.48308/jfr.2024.235681.1753 FA Mahdi Hassanvand Amouzadeh Department of Psychology, Faculty Psychology and Educational Sciences, Payam-e- Noor University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2024 05 13 The aim of this study is to compare Behavioral inhibition, early maladaptive schemas, emotion regulation, quality of life of mothers with disabled children and mothers with normal children. The design of the research was comparative causal research and the statistical population was all population included all mothers with disabled and normal children in Lorestan province, from which 286 mothers with disabled children and 286 mothers with normal children selected by available sampling method. Then they answered Carver and White's behavioral inhibition questionnaires (1994), Young's Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (2006), Gross and John's Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2003) and World Health Organization's Quality of Life-Brief (1996). The findings analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance. The results showed that the amount of behavioral inhibition, early maladaptive schemas, emotion regulation of mothers of children with disabilities was higher than that of mothers of normal children. Also, the amount of the quality of life of mothers with disabled children is lower than mothers with normal children. In addition, the results implicitly show that paying attention to various types of organizational support and designing, educational, and therapeutic interventions to improve behavioral inhibition, emotional self-regulation can help improve the health indicators and quality of life of parents. The aim of this study is to compare Behavioral inhibition, early maladaptive schemas, emotion regulation, quality of life of mothers with disabled children and mothers with normal children. The design of the research was comparative causal research and the statistical population was all population included all mothers with disabled and normal children in Lorestan province, from which 286 mothers with disabled children and 286 mothers with normal children selected by available sampling method. Then they answered Carver and White's behavioral inhibition questionnaires (1994), Young's Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (2006), Gross and John's Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2003) and World Health Organization's Quality of Life-Brief (1996). The findings analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance. The results showed that the amount of behavioral inhibition, early maladaptive schemas, emotion regulation of mothers of children with disabilities was higher than that of mothers of normal children. Also, the amount of the quality of life of mothers with disabled children is lower than mothers with normal children. In addition, the results implicitly show that paying attention to various types of organizational support and designing, educational, and therapeutic interventions to improve behavioral inhibition, emotional self-regulation can help improve the health indicators and quality of life of parents. https://jfr.sbu.ac.ir/article_105057_323cea0b2620d66789e9087f6fd48433.pdf