Styles of Encountering Conflict among Parents of Students with Psychologically Normal and Abnormal Behaviors

Subject Areas : Educational Science

Abbas Hooman ¹ , سعید اکبری زردخانه ² , علیرضا مرادی ³ , Saeid Zandi ⁴

1 - Kharazmi University
2 - دانشگاه شهید بهشتی
3 - دانشگاه خوارزمی
4 - دانشگاه تهران

Received: 2016-09-02 Accepted : 2017-01-16 Published : 2003-12-22

Keywords: behavior, Conflict, normal, abnormal,

Abstract :

The current study was a comparative investigation of the types of conflict tactics applied by the parents of students with normal behavior and the parents of students with abnormal behavior. This research was a descriptive study. The statistical population included all male and female high school students with normal-abnormal behavior and their parents in Tehran, Iran. The sample included 208 female students and 193 male students who were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. To collect data, Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) and Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) were utilized. Findings showed that, as compared to the parents of adolescents with abnormal behavior, the parents of adolescents with normal behavior employ more constructive tactics which are based on negotiation and reasoning. Additionally, as compared to the parents of adolescents with abnormal behavior, the parents of adolescents with normal behavior less likely resort to destructive tactics which are based on verbal aggressiveness and physical violence. Therefore, it seems that those children whose parents employ more suitable strategies in conflicts are more likely good-behaved and behaviorally normal.