Investigating the effectiveness of mother's behavioral management group training on the level of aggression, anxiety and depression of mothers with 4-7 years old children

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Maryam Movahednejad ¹ , Seyed davoud Hosseininasab ² , Marziyeh Alivandi Vafa ³

1 - PhD student in educational psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran (Corresponding author) [e-mail]
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2023-05-31 Accepted : 2023-08-23 Published : 2025-03-18

Keywords: aggression, Depression, anxiety, behavioral management of mothers,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group behavioral management of mothers on the level of aggression, anxiety and depression of mothers with children aged 4 to 7 years. The research method was a semi-experimental method with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research included mothers of children aged 4 to 7 years in Tabriz city in 1401, who referred to Shahryar Hospital and private clinic to solve their children's problems, among which mothers were selected from two treatment centers and 20 mothers from each center were selected purposefully. The mothers of the first center were exposed to group trainings of mothers' behavioral management, and the mothers of the second center did not receive any training as a control group. Before the implementation of educational programs, two groups were tested by Bass and Perry aggression, Beck's anxiety questionnaire, Beck's depression questionnaire, for the first experimental group, behavioral management training for mothers was implemented in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, and the control group did not receive any training, finally by doing it again Response to aggression, anxiety and depression questionnaire was done by mothers after the test. The data of this research was done using SPSS software and in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics with ANCOVA analysis. The research findings indicated that the group training of mothers' behavior management is more effective than the control group on the level of aggression, anxiety and depression of mothers with children aged 4 to 7 years.

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Beck, A. T. (1964). Thinking and depression: II. Theory and therapy. Archives of General Psychiatry, 10, 561-571.

Bernal-Ruiz, C. Rosa-Alcázar, A. I. González-Calatayud, V. & Rosa-Alcázar, E. (2019). [Is there a relationship between problematic internet use and responses of social anxiety, obsessivecompulsive and psychological well-being among adolescents?] Anales de Psicología, 33(2), 269–276.

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Phua, D.Y. Kee, M.Z.L. & Meaney, M.J. (2020). Positive maternal mental health, parenting, and child development. Biological Psychiatry, 87, 328– 337.

Robinson M, Ross J, Fletcher S, Burns CR, Lagdon S, Armour C. (2021). The Mediating Role of Distress Tolerance in the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Mental Health Outcomes Among University Students. J Interpers Violence;36(15-16):7249-7273. doi: 10.1177/0886260519835002. PubMed PMID.

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Steele EH, McKinney C. (2019). Emerging adult psychological problems and parenting style: Moderation by parent-child relationship quality. Personality and individual differences; 146: 201-208.

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