The correlation between mothers’ knowledge of non-verbal communication on mother-child relationship

Introduction:  This study investigated the relationship between mothers’ knowledge of nonverbal communication and the relationship between mother and child.   Materials and Methods: The population of this correlational study consisted of mothers having 36 year child in the academic year of 20152016. Preschool institutions in the five districts of Shiraz were studying. The sample of the study consisted of 154 women, were selected by multistage cluster sampling. The research instrument included test of nonverbal cue knowledge (TONCK) and the scale of the relationship between parent-child (PCRS). Data analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics using SPSS software.   Results: The results showed that the mothers’ knowledge of nonverbal communication and overall positive mother-child relationship were not correlated. In addition, there was no significant correlation between mothers’ knowledge of nonverbal communication with subscales of the mother-child relationship, and mothers’ age and education.  Conclusion: It seems that there is not significant correlation between the mothers’ knowledge of nonverbal communication and overall positive mother-child relationship.