Effect of Training Mindfulness to Mothers on Improving Parent- Child Relationship with Subsequent Self-Efficacy in Children

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of training mindfulness to mothers on improving parent-child relationship with subsequent self-efficacy in children. The statistical population of this research comprised of all first grade high school students with their mothers in the academic year of 1393-1394 in Baharestan town. Through cluster sampling method and interview, 24 students with their mothers selected as the research subjects and randomly divided to two groups of experimental (12) and control (12) groups. The questionnaire of parent-child conflicts of Straus (2002) (mother and child forms) and general self-efficacy questionnaire of Sherer et al (1982) were used. Mindfulness training on mothers of the experimental group con -ducted for eight 120-minutes weekly sessions. This study was designed as pretest-posttest with control group and followed up in 90 days. Data were analyzed through Covariance and variance analysis. The results showed that mindfullness training to the mothers improved parent-child relationships and its aspects (increasing reasoning skills and decreasing verbal and physical aggression) between mothers and sons. Also it was demonstrated that relationship improvement due to mindfulness training increased children’s self-efficacy.