The effectiveness of parent's skills training program on reducing children's behavior problems

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of parents'' skill training program on reducing children''s behavioral problems. In an experimental study (pre-post-test)، 4 primary schools were randomly selected from schools of Tehran. Two schools were randomly allocated into experimental group and two into control group. Experimental group (mothers of children aged 7-9 years) received parents'' skill training program for 8 weeks، two hours sessions. Parents'' reports participating in the training program (n=30 mothers) were compared with parents'' reports of non-trained control group (n=31 mothers). Data were gathered using Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and analyzed using covariance analyses. There was a significant difference between the experimental and control group after the training. The experimental group reported a significant decrease in children''s behavioral problems.