The effect of Emotion Regulation Training on mental health and parent-child relation in mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder

Subject Areas : general Psychology

Behnam Jafarisani ¹ , Mohamad Hosein Bayazi ² , Saeed Teimory ³

1 - Ph.D. student in psychology, Torbat Jam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat Jam, Iran, [e-mail]
2 - Corresponding author, Associate prof, Department of Clinical Psychology, Torbatjam Branch, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Torbat-e-Jam Unit, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e-Jam, Iran, Corresponding author: Email: [e-mail], tell: 09132837643Islamic Azad University, Torbatjam, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Torbat-e Jam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e Jam, Iran

Received: 2023-11-13 Accepted : 2024-04-29 Published : 2024-06-21

Keywords: emotion regulation training, mother-child relationship, mental health, oppositional defiant disorder,

Abstract :

Abstract Introduction: Oppositional defiant disorder appears in childhood and affects the mental health and relationships of parents, especially mother and child. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of emotion regulation training on mental health, and parent-child relationship of mothers whose children suffer from oppositional defiant disorder. Methods: Semi-experimental research design was a pre-test, post-test type with a control group. Statistical society included all of the mothers, whose primary school children suffer from oppositional defiant disorder, they referred to the ministry of education clinics located in district 4 and 6, Mashhad in 2022. 40 people were chosen due to the fact that they met the criteria to enter the training, as statistical samples. They were randomly divided into examination and control groups. To collect data, the scale of oppositional defiant disorder children, mental health scale, and mother-child relationship assessment scale. Data analysis was done using spss21 software with the help of covariance analysis. Results: The results showed that emotion regulation training is effective on the mental health in the mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder (P<0.001). Also, the emotion regulation training was effective in improving the mother-child relationship in the mothers of children with defiant disorder (P<0.001). Conclusions: According to the results, the emotion regulation training can improve mental health and improve the mother-child relationship of mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder.

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