The Effectiveness of Positive Parenting Training on Children's Aggression and Educational and Cultural Performance of the Family among Female Householders

Subject Areas : Psychology

Hojjat Eftakhari ¹ , Akbar Rezaei fard ² , Mohammad Rahimnezad Shahrestani ³

1 - Assistant professor, Department of Educational Science, Faculty of Humanities, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling Education, Faculty of Humanities, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
3 - M.Sc. Graduate of Clinical Psychology, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran

Received: 2024-10-09 Accepted : 2024-12-13 Published : 2024-12-19

Keywords: Positive parenting training, Children's aggression, Educational and cultural performance of the family,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of positive parenting training on children's aggression and the educational and cultural performance of the family among female householder. The statistical population included all the female householders under the guardianship of the Khomeini Relief Committee of Shiraz city in 2022.  Thirty mothers were selected by convenient sampling procedure and then randomly assigned in two experimental and control groups. The research method was experimental of pre-test and post- test with control group one. To collect data, Aggression Questionnaire of Bass and Perry (1992) and Babaiifard (2021) Family Educational and Cultural Performance Questionnaire were implemented. The experimental group underwent nine group therapy sessions of the positive parenting training program 70 minutes each, twice a week. The control group received none. Data were analyzed by applying multivariate covariance analysis and univariate covariance analysis. The results showed that positive parenting training significantly reduced children's aggression and improved family educational and cultural performance.

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