Efficacy of Parenting Training based on Problem- Solving in a sample of teens parents

of the present research was to evaluate the efficacy of problem solving workshops designed for parents of teens. The sample included 29 mothers of students in private schools. These mothers were instructed by skillful instructors in a workshop lasted ten sessions, two hours each. The present study utilized a pseudo- experimental method with one group pre- posttest design. Two scales included Parenting Method Scale and Arnold's Parenting Scale was used before and after the workshops. indicated that workshops had positive effects on subject’s performance in “problem solving” and decreasing laxness, over reactivity and verbosity. problem solving training of teen’s parents can increase the use of suitable parenting strategies.