Comparision the Effectiveness of Group Cognitive-Behavior Training and Reality Therapy on Mother’s Child Abuse and Quality of Life in Preschool Children

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Fatemeh Fouladi ¹ , Ali Farhadi ² , Kourosh Goodarzi ³

1 - PhD student, Department of Psychology, Borujard Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujard, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran.

Received: 2022-07-25 Accepted : 2022-09-05 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Child abuse, quality of life, reality therapy, Conitive-Behavior Training,

Abstract :

Purpose: The aim of this study was to comparision the effectiveness 0f group cognitive-behavior training and reality therapy on mother’s child abuse and quality of life in preschool children.Methodology: the research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group.the sample size was 34 children and their mother were selected based on multi stage sampling. They were randomly put into reality therapy, cognitive-behavior and control group.mothers in expremental group recived cognitive-behavior and reality therapy training for eight 90 minut seasons. The child abuse scale includes dimentions of psysical,sexual,emotional,neglect,malnutrition(mohammad khani,1990),quality of life questionnaire includes functions of physical,social,emotional,cognitive(fakkes & et al,2000) were used in this study.Findings: the data was analysed by covariance and bonfroni,s test.the findings of this study showed that group reality therapy and cognitive-behavior training had positive effect on reduction child abuse and improvement quality of life in both group who recived intervention in comparision to control group in the post-test.Conclusion: according to the results, both reality therapy and cognitive therapy can be applied to increase child abuse and effect on quality of life in children.

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