Background & objectives: Every family use special methods in individual and social training of their children. This method is called parenting styles. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of parenting skills training on parent bond, perceived stress and quality of life of mothers of preschool children

Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental with pretest- posttest and control group design. Population of the study consisted of all mothers who had children in kindergartens in the city of Sanandaj in 2016. 30 mothers selected by multistage random cluster sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The experimental group received 10 sessions of one-hour parenting skills training based on Lynn Clark (1938). To collect data Study used perceived stress questionnaires of Cohen and colleagues (1983), Quality of Life Questionnaire (36-SF) designed with Montazeri and colleagues (2006) and Parental Bonding Inventory Parker (1979). Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS-20 and independent t-test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).

Results: The results showed that training parenting skills to mothers improve their bonding, perceived stress, and children's quality of life. Therefore, training parenting skills would strengthen the bonding of mothers, improve the quality of life of parents and decrease the perceived stress among mothers. The mean scores of the three variables were significantly different in the two groups (p<0.05).

Conclusion: According to the findings parenting skills training can be used as an appropriate approach to improve the mental health of mothers and improving their coaching methods used for their children. Moreover, it can be an effective method in promoting good behavior and reducing bad behavior for children.