RT - Journal Article T1 - Comparison of decision-making styles, cognitive-emotional regulation and social adjustment in mothers with autistic children and mothers with normal children JF - ijpn YR - 2020 JO - ijpn VO - 8 IS - 5 UR - http://ijpn.ir/article-1-1570-en.html SP - 34 EP - 41 K1 - Autism K1 - Cognitive-Emotional Regulation K1 - Social Adjustment K1 - Decision-Making Styles AB - Introduction: Having a child with autism is a stressful situation for family members, which can lead to a variety of psychological problems in the family members of these children. The aim of this study was to compare decision-making styles, cognitive-emotional regulation and social adjustment in mothers with autistic children and mothers with normal children in Khorramabad. Methods: The present study is a comparative method based on causal method. The statistical population of the present study is all mothers with autistic children and mothers with normal children in the academic year of 2019-2020, whose children are in the age range of 7 to 11 years. The census method and the number of mothers with normal children were selected by random sampling method. The research tools were Scott and Brucechr('39')s decision-making style questionnaires, Gross and Jenchr('39')s cognitive-emotional regulation, and Bellchr('39')s social adjustment questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multivariate and single-variance analysis by SPSS software version 19. Results: Data analysis showed that there is a significant difference between different types of decision-making styles, cognitive-emotional regulation and social adjustment of mothers with autistic children and mothers with normal children (p <0.001). Conclusion: According to the research results, it can be said that mothers with autism have more failures in decision making, emotional regulation and social adjustment than mothers with normal children. LA eng UL http://ijpn.ir/article-1-1570-en.html M3 ER -