The effectiveness of attributional retraining program based on Crick & Dodge social information processing model on conflict solution style, optimism and reducing of parent-adolescent conflict among mothers

Given the widespread phenomenon of parent-adolescent conflicts in family interactions and unpleasant consequences of them in the short and long term¡ the development and use of intervention programs¡ with the aim of training adaptive management of these conflicts¡ is an inevitable research necessity. Therefore¡ this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of attribution retraining intervention program on conflict solution style¡ optimism and reducing parent-adolescent conflicts. Fifty mothers participated in this study (25 each). In both experimental and control groups¡ before and after training¡ mothers responded the parent version of the Adolescent-Parent Conflicts Questionnaire (APCQ)¡ Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) and Conflict Resolution Styles Inventory (CRSI). The attribution retraining program for mothers in experimental group was administered in 7 two-hour sessions. The results showed that the intervention program¡ in short and long-term¡ was effective in increasing the amount of optimism and positive problem solving and in reducing the severity of their conflict with adolescents and non-adaptive strategies. The results of this study empirically supported the determining role of attribution retraining program to help strengthen optimistic thinking and interpersonal conflict resolution skills¡ and to reduce the severity of conflicting experiences of parents with their adolescents.