The efficacy of life skill training on mother,s coping skill and children,s oppositional difiant disorder symptoms in military family

Child behavior problem is a one of the major issue in parenting and its effect on child and parent relationship is noticble. This study aims at investigating the the efficacy of life skill training on mother,s coping skill and children,s oppositional difiant disorder symptoms in military family.

This is a quasi-experimental study with a control group conducted on 6-8 years children with oppositional difiant disorder with clinical interview in DSM-5, whoes fathers work at military force  in 2018. From the above-mentioned population, 40 mothers of this studnets have been selected through available non-random sampling. The data-gathering tools were a demographic questionnaire, Child Symptpm Inventory, Lazarus Coping Style Questionneir in pre-test and post-test. Life skill intervention was performed based on the results of the pre-test in the intervention group in 8 sessions of 45 minutes. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 18, independent t-test, ANCOA, MANCOVA.

The results of this study showed that the mean score of coping style (searching support, responsibility, problem solving, again positeve apparasial), as well as the children,s oppositional difiant scores were significantly different from that of the control group’s after educational intervention (P<0.001), which confirms the effect of life skill traning on the child and parents.

According to the results of this research, life skill traning leads to the development of positive coping skills in mothers with their children and this program in child behvior problem has positive affect. Therefore, the researchers recommend life skill traning methods on child and parent problems.