Abstract
<p>This study investigated the effectiveness of parental skills training using a cognitive-behavioral method in order to reduce the behavioral problems of the preschool children. This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population of the study consisted of all parents of the preschool children in Isfahan in educational year of 2014-2015. To this end, 32 parents (64 persons) who obtained 1.5 SD higher than the reported mean in response to the behavioral problems of their children, were randomly selected and divided into two groups of 16 parents (32 persons) as the treatment and control groups based on the random distribution. After conducting the pre-test for both groups, the treatment group received parental skills training using a cognitive behavioral method for six sessions during one month; however, the control group received no training. Then, for both groups, post-test was implemented and follow-up study was conducted. In order to assess the behavioral problems of the children, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used. Finally, the data were analyzed using the analysis of covariance. The results showed that the mean of the treatment group was significantly reduced compared to that of the control group in terms of the behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, somatization, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, rule-breaking behaviors, aggressive behaviors, and other problems. It could be concluded that cognitive behavioral parenting skills training was an effective way to reduce the children’s behavioral problems.</p>
Highlights
Over the recent decades, world economic situation and treatments of diseases have been improved, behavioral disorders of the children have not been decreased (Scott, 2010)
The results of a survey showed that attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, oppositional defiant, conduct disorders, anxiety disorders, and depressive disorders are common among the 2-5 years old children (Egger & Angold, 2006)
Given that parenting the children and parent-child relationship contribute to the health of the children and families, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral parenting skills training in pre-school children and their parents in order to improve the parents’ skills, thereby reducing the children’s behavioral problems
Summary
Over the recent decades, world economic situation and treatments of diseases have been improved, behavioral disorders of the children have not been decreased (Scott, 2010). Many behavioral disorders are completely removed in the adulthood; some are prevalent even in the adulthood (Kessler et al, 2005) The etiology of these behavioral disorders shows the several reasons and hypotheses; a single hypothesis may not explain this problem (Brook et al, 2013). These hypotheses consider certain aspects of children’s abnormal behaviors such as critical adolescence, substance abuse, parents’ job stresses, the unavailability of the parents, parents with psychotic disorders, parental smoking, parental substance abuse, troubled families, severe maternal depression, stressful events of life, and antisocial personality disorder (Rosenzweig et al, 2008; Rutter, 1997). The results of a survey showed that attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, oppositional defiant, conduct disorders, anxiety disorders, and depressive disorders are common among the 2-5 years old children (Egger & Angold, 2006)
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