Shehnaz Akhter2018-01-192018-01-192017https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2532Supervised by: Dr. Zahid MahmoodThe current study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral method in managing the stress of mothers having an intellectually disable child using an ABA design. For this a manual of training program containing group cognitive behavior therapy was developed for managing the stress of mothers having an intellectually disable child. 20 household mothers from a special education center of 20-40 age range were selected after assessing and then mothers were randomly divided into the experimental and the control group equally. Both groups in pretest and posttest were assessed by using an indigenously developed maternal stress scale. The experimental group was given the group cognitive behavioral therapy while the control group was only psycho-educated about stress. For testing the main hypotheses, paired sample t-test was used that indicated that the stress is reduced in the experimental group after the application of group cognitive behavioral therapy than in the control group. From the findings it is concluded that stress management can be used in future for the reduction of stress of mothers with intellectually disable child.enDisable childMaternal stressMS ThesisThesis