Introduction: Having a disabled child can negatively effect on health and quality of life of parents, especially mothers. Therefore, the present research aimed at the comparison of coping styles, distress tolerance, and religious adherence in mothers of children with physical-motor disabled and normal. Methods: In a causal-comparative study among mothers of children with physicalmotor disabled and normal of Tehran city in the 2018 year, several 70 people (35 in each group) were selected by the available sampling method. The groups responded to the questionnaires of coping styles, distress tolerance, and religious adherence. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance method using SPSS version 19 software. Results: The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the groups in terms of coping styles and distress tolerance, but there wasn't a significant difference in terms of religious adherence. In other words, the rate of distress tolerance and coping techniques, including problem-solving, physical control, attracting social support, emotional monitoring and cognitive evaluation in mothers with physical-motor disabled children were lower than mothers with healthy children (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The findings indicated there were lower types of coping styles, and distress tolerance in mothers of physical-motor disabled children is compared with mothers of healthy children. Therefore, specialists and authorities should design and implement programs to improve the coping styles and distress tolerance of mothers with physical-motor disabled children.

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