The Effect of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Based on Core Conflictual Relationship Theme on Improvement of Mother-Child Interactional Patterns

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Tayebeh  Shahmoradifar ¹ (PhD in Psychology Trbiat Modares University)
Parviz  Azad Fallah ² (PhD, Trbiat Modares University)
Hojatollah  Farahani ³ (PhD, Trbiat Modares University)

Received: 2022-10-10 Accepted : 2022-10-10 Published : 2022-03-21

Keywords: mother-child relationship, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, core conflictual relationship theme,

Abstract :

This study aimed to investigated The Effect of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Based on Core Conflictual Relationship Theme on Improvement of Mother-Child Interactional Patterns.The study was a quasi-experimental design. The participants included three mothers who lived in Tehran. All three participants took part in a 12 session that administered as one hour sessions per week and experienced brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. The participant were assessed eight times (2 baseline assessments, 5 during therapeutic session assessments, and 1 follow up assessment) by the Parent-Child Relationship Scale (Pianta, 2011) and the Maternal Caregiving Quality Scale (Ghanbari, Khodapanahi, Mazaheri, & Lavasani, 2012). Visual analysis Within condition and Between condition used to analyze the acquired information. The results revealed that the intervention improved the mother – child interactions. According to the research findings, many of the parent – child conflicts, rooted in the unconscious self-object mental representations of parents.

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