Comparison of the Effectiveness of three methods of Family Mode Deactivation Treatment, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Quality of life of Mothers and Aggression of Female adolescents with Behavioral Problems

Quality of life and aggression are variables that are important for adolescents with behavioral problems. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of family mode deactivation treatment, cognitive-behavior therapy, and acceptance-commitment therapy on quality of life of mothers and aggression of female adolescent with behavioral problems.

The research method was quasi-experimental, and research design was four groups with three stages: pre-test, post-test, and two months of follow-up. Among one hundred and twenty 14-18 years old mothers girl adolescent with behavioral problems in Isfahan, in the summer 2019, mothers 60 adolescent were selected based on criteria of entry and exit and then randomly assigned in four groups, each group with 15 adolescent. Quality of life questionnaire and Buss & Perry aggression questionnaire was used to measure the dependent variable in the pretest, post-test and two months of follow-up. The family mode deactivation treatment, cognitive-behavior therapy and acceptance-commitment therapy groups received treatment in 10 sessions and the control group did not receive any treatment. . Data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test using SPSS software (version 24).

The results showed that family mode deactivation treatment, cognitive-behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy showed a significant difference in quality of life of mothers and aggression of female adolescents with the control group (p<0.01). That is, it increased the quality of life of mothers and decreased aggression in female adolescents in all three groups, but there was no significant difference between the three treatment methods (p< 0.05).

Overall, the findings of this study revealed that family mode deactivation treatment, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy are among the treatments that can improve the quality of life of mothers and reduce their aggression girls with behavioral problems. Therefore, it is recommended to use these treatments for girls with behavioral problems.