The Relation between Emotional Intelligence, Social Support and Mental Health among Iranian and Malaysian Mothers of Mild Intellectually Disabled Children

Abstract

This correlation research compared the levels of mental health among Iranian and Malaysian mothers of children with mild intellectual disability, and role of emotional intelligence and social support on their mental health. The research is based on the purposive sampling technique which involved 227 respondents from Tehran, Iran and 236 respondents from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the good fit of the model in studying the relationships among the variables.