fa روان شناسی تکاملی Evolutionary Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#6600ff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This study examined attachment and parenting stress in mothers of deaf and hearing children. Using an ex post facto comparative design, researchers purposively selected 40 mothers&mdash;20 with hearing children and 20 with deaf children (aged 2&ndash;24 months) diagnosed with severe to profound hearing loss. All participating mothers had normal hearing. Data were collected using the Postpartum Attachment Scale (Condon & Corkindale, 1998) and the Parenting Stress Scale (Berry & Jones, 1995). Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was employed to compare the two groups. The results revealed no significant difference in the quality of mother&ndash;child attachment between the two groups. However, a significant difference was observed regarding parenting stress, which was higher in the group of mothers with deaf children. The findings suggest that childhood deafness does not, in isolation, diminish mother&ndash;child attachment. Instead, the study highlights that attachment quality is influenced by a complex interplay of factors, including the mother&rsquo;s mental health, the age at which the hearing impairment is diagnosed, and the level of social support received. These results underscore the importance of providing comprehensive support systems for parents of deaf children to mitigate parenting stress and facilitate healthy developmental outcomes.</span></span></span></div> Deafness, Postpartum Attachment, Parenting Stress 231 239 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1193-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Zahra Khorasani 100319475328460012482 100319475328460012482 No M.A. in Exceptional Children Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Saeed Hassanzadeh hassanzadehs@ut.ac.ir 100319475328460012483 100319475328460012483 Yes Professor of Exceptional Children Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Bagher Ghobari Bonab 100319475328460012484 100319475328460012484 No Professor of Exceptional Children Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran