Title: Effectiveness of positive thinking on marital intimacy and life quality of mothers with retarded childfor ICMEH Conference

Present research aims at studying the impact by positive thinking on marital intimacy and life quality of housekeeping mothers with retarded children in Azna Noor Retarded School. It is a semi – test study with pretest – posttest plan and a control group for which 30 housekeeping mothers were randomly selected in two 15 – member experimental and control groups. 8 training courses (90 minutes each) were conducted by 1 session per week interval. In present study, two instruments were used: marital intimacy scale (MIS) and life quality (WHOQO). To test research hypothesis, covariance analysis is used while Levin test is utilized for variance convergence. Relevant data was analyzed by SPSS software package and covariance analysis technique. Research findings indicate that there is a significant difference between control group and experimental group. Therefore, one can conclude that positive thinking impacts on martial intimacy and life quality of mothers with retarded children in Azna.

Keywords:

positive thinking effectiveness , marital quality , housekeeping mothers , retarded children