Evaluation of the effect of relaxation training on Stress reduction of mothers with educable mentally retarded children

The current study aims to study the effect of relaxation training on stress reduction of mothers with educable mentally retarded children. In form of a semiexperimental research project, mothers of 40 educable mentally retarded children were selected through random sampling from Narmak Center of Rehabilitation, Tehran/Iran. The study was a posttest-pretest design with control group. After administration of the pre-test, participants were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. For 20 mothers of the experimental group who received higher scores in stress pre-test, 10 relaxation-training sessions were held, however, 20 mothers of the control group received not any training. Then, post-test was administered for both groups. The instruments applied in execution of current study included: Self developed demographical questionnaire, Mental Stress Questionnaire was used the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress