Comparison of the effectiveness of parental education with Barclay's behavioral approach and Adlerian-Dreikursian approach on improving social skills of children with defecation disorders referred to the specialized pediatric clinic in Gorgan

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of parental education with the Barclay Behavioral approach and Adlerian- Dreikurs approach on improving the social skills of children with defecation disorders. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and control group. The study population included all children with defecation disorders referred to the specialized pediatric clinic in Gorgan in 1399. Using purposive sampling, 30 people were selected and randomly divided into three experimental groups of 10 people. In the first experimental group, mothers received Barclay Behavioral Training and in the second experimental group, mothers received Adlerian- Dreikurs training in 12 sessions of 90-minutes twice a week. The research instrument was Matson's (1983) Social Skills Questionnaire (MESSY) parent form. Data were analyzed by Multivariate analysis of covariance using SPSS 22 software. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the different scores of pre-test-post-test in the parent education intervention groups with Barclay Behavioral approach and Adlerian- Dreikurs approach with the control group of all Subcomponent of social skill except excellence component (P<0/05). Also, there is no significant difference between parent education with the Barclay approach and parent education with Adlerian- Dreikurs approach for the social skills Subcomponent (P <0.05). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that parent education with Barclay and Adlerian- Dreikurs approach has improved all subcomponents of social skills except the excellence subcomponent in children with defecation disorders and both treatments have the same effectiveness. Have improved social skills.