The Effectiveness of Positive discipline with Adler-Dreikurs Approach on parenting stress in mothers of students with specific learning disabilities
Subject Areas : EducationalSeyyed Amir Ghasemtabar 1 , Daneshmand, Badrosadat 2 , Fateme-sadat Hosseini 3 , Ali Najarpourian 4
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Educational Science, Literature and Humanities College, assistant professor of Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
3 - Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Farhangian University, Shahid Rajaee Brench, Shiraz, Iran
Keywords: parenting stress, positive discipline, specific learning disabilities, Adler-Dreikurs Approach,
Abstract :
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of positive discipline with Adler-Dreikurs Approach on parenting stress in mothers of students with specific learning disabilities. The design of this study is experimental with pre-test- post-test- follow up and control group. The statistical population of the present research includes all mothers of the 3rd to 6th grade elementary students with learning disabilities in Tehran's 3rd district in 2017-2018 academic year, among whom 32 mothers were selected as research sample by random sampling method and assigned to experimental and control group randomly. Intervention group received Positive discipline training for eight weeks (one 2-hour session per week). Control group received none. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised, Colorado Learning Difficulties Questionnaire, and Parental Stress Index, Short Form were used for gathering the data. Results of the mixed variance analysis showed significant reduction in mothers' parenting stress score of the experimental group in post-test and follow up (P< 0/001). The manner of the effect of Positive discipline with Adler-Dreikurs Approach on parenting stress in mothers of students with specific learning disabilities was discussed.
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