The Effectiveness of Interactive Behavioural Analysis on Anger Control and Anxiety among Mothers of Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Isfahan

Children with coping disobedience are generally incompatible and have more insidious behaviors than peers. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of interactive behavior analysis training on the control of anger and anxiety among mothers with non-oppressive children in Isfahan.

This study was of quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and two experimental and control groups. The statistical population of this study included all mothers of children with oppositional defiant disorder in Isfahan in 2017. The sampling method was multi-stage cluster sampling, among whom 60 mothers were randomly selected and divided into two groups of 30. Subsequently, the experimental group underwent eight weekly 90-minute group training sessions on interpersonal analysis, but the control group did not receive any interventions. Beck anger and anxiety inventory was used for data collection. The data wereanalyzed using single-variable covariance analysis and SPSS software version 22.

The mean (SD) anger score in the experimental group was 36.1 (1.7), which decreased to 27.9 (1.7) in the post-test (P<0.01), but the mean (SD) of the control group was 35.8 (6.3) in the pre-test, which reached 35.6 (0.6) in post-test, which was not statistically significant. The mean (SD) anger score in the experimental group was 25.5 (4.5) in the pre-test, which decreased to 18.1 (3.9) in the post-test (P<0.01), but the mean (SD) score of the experimental group in the pre-test was 26.8 (5.1), which was 25.2 (4.1) in the post-test, which was not statistically significant. The mean (SD) score of lack of anger control in the experimental group was 87.1 (8.3) in pre-test,which decreased to 69.6 (6.3) in post-test (P<0.01), but the mean (SD) score of the group in the pre-test was 87.5 (8.5), which was 87.9 (8.6) in post-test, which was not statistically significant. The mean (SD) anxoety score of the experimental group in the pre-test was 52.4 (4.6), which decreased to 34.5 (4.7) in the post-test (P<0.01), but the mean (SD) of the control group in the pre-test was 51.4 (6.5) which was 51.9 (6.6) in the post-test, which was not statistically significant.

The study showed that group interactive behavior analysis training led to reduction of anger, state of anger, lack of anger control and also anxiety reduction among mothers with non-oppressive children in Isfahan.