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Sheykhzadeh Souri R, Sharifi Daramadi P, Rezayi S, Farrokhi N. The Effectiveness of Reality Therapy-based Parenting Training on Irrational Beliefs, Psychological Flexibility, and Anger Control in Mothers of Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. JHC 2025; 27 (4) :357-370
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Department of Psychology and Educational Children, School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
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Background: Oppositional defiant disorder is a persistent and recurring pattern of angry and irritable mood, arguing with others, disobedience, or resentment. The presence of such a child poses many problems for family members, especially mothers, and can reduce the mother's mental health. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of reality therapy-based parenting training on irrational beliefs, psychological flexibility, and anger control in mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test post-test design, and a control group. The study population included all mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder in Tabriz who referred to psychological centers and schools in 2024. From the target population, 20 mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder were selected as samples using the purposeful sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. To diagnose oppositional defiant disorder, a clinical psychologist conducted an interview based on the diagnostic criteria of the revised fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the Achenbach and Reskoller (2001) Child Behavior Inventory was also used. The experimental group received eight 90-minute sessions of reality therapy-based parenting training, and the control group received no intervention. Data collection tools included the Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire by Ahvaz Ebadi and Motamedien (2005), Psychological Flexibility by Kashden et al. (2020), and Anger by Spielberger (1999). Data were analysed using SPSS version 24 software and the multivariate analysis of covariance test.
Results: The results showed that parenting training based on reality therapy, compared to the control group, reduced irrational beliefs (p<0.001), increased psychological flexibility (p<0.001), and decreased anger (p<0.001) in mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder.
Conclusion: According to the results, parenting training based on reality therapy has been able to change parents' attitudes towards their children's behaviors and create more positive interactions between them by reducing irrational beliefs and anger and increasing psychological flexibility.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test post-test design, and a control group. The study population included all mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder in Tabriz who referred to psychological centers and schools in 2024. From the target population, 20 mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder were selected as samples using the purposeful sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. To diagnose oppositional defiant disorder, a clinical psychologist conducted an interview based on the diagnostic criteria of the revised fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the Achenbach and Reskoller (2001) Child Behavior Inventory was also used. The experimental group received eight 90-minute sessions of reality therapy-based parenting training, and the control group received no intervention. Data collection tools included the Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire by Ahvaz Ebadi and Motamedien (2005), Psychological Flexibility by Kashden et al. (2020), and Anger by Spielberger (1999). Data were analysed using SPSS version 24 software and the multivariate analysis of covariance test.
Results: The results showed that parenting training based on reality therapy, compared to the control group, reduced irrational beliefs (p<0.001), increased psychological flexibility (p<0.001), and decreased anger (p<0.001) in mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder.
Conclusion: According to the results, parenting training based on reality therapy has been able to change parents' attitudes towards their children's behaviors and create more positive interactions between them by reducing irrational beliefs and anger and increasing psychological flexibility.
Keywords: Reality Therapy, Parenting, Irrational Beliefs, Psychological Flexibility, Anger Control, Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Type of Study: quasi-experimental |
Subject:
Mother and baby health
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