The effectiveness of Lane Clark parenting training on reducing parent-child conflict and girls' anxiety

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Hasan Gharibi ¹ , Hiva Mahmoodi ² , Kamel Abdollah Nezhad ³

1 - Assistant Professor of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Sanandaj, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran, Author- [e-mail]
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran

Received: 2018-10-25 Accepted : 2019-01-29 Published : 2018-12-22

Keywords: parent-child conflict, anxiety, parenting practices,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of parenting skills training girls based on the method of Lynn Clark's method in the reduction of parent-child conflict and anxiety in middle school. The method of this research was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all female students in the city of Ghorveh during the academic year of 1997-1996 (1225), which 50 students were randomly selected using cluster random sampling in two groups of 25 test and control groups. At first, a parent-child conflict and anxiety pre-test was performed from both groups. Then, the parents of the experimental group received 8 parenting education sessions based on Lynn Clark's method. After teaching parenting skills, a post-test was performed from the experimental and control groups. The data were collected through the cattle anxiety inventory questionnaire and parent-child conflict questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multi-path covariance analysis. The findings showed that parenting education skills influenced by Lynn Clark's approach to reducing parent-child conflict and anxiety in middle school girls. So we can used teach parenting skills to parents as a way to improve their relationships with their children and improve educational.

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