Comparision the Effectiveness of Group Cognitive-Behavior Training and Reality Therapy on Mother’s Child Abuse and Quality of Life in Preschool Children

The aim of this study was to comparision the effectiveness 0f group cognitive-behavior training and reality therapy on mother’s child abuse and quality of life in preschool children.

the research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group.the sample size was 34 children and their mother were selected based on multi stage sampling. They were randomly put into reality therapy, cognitive-behavior and control group.mothers in expremental group recived cognitive-behavior and reality therapy training for eight 90 minut seasons. The child abuse scale includes dimentions of psysical,sexual,emotional,neglect,malnutrition(mohammad khani,1990),quality of life questionnaire includes functions of physical,social,emotional,cognitive(fakkes & et al,2000) were used in this study.

the data was analysed by covariance and bonfroni,s test.the findings of this study showed that group reality therapy and cognitive-behavior training had positive effect on reduction child abuse and improvement quality of life in both group who recived intervention in comparision to control group in the post-test.

according to the results, both reality therapy and cognitive therapy can be applied to increase child abuse and effect on quality of life in children.