Comparing Effectiveness of Mother-Adolescent Efficient Interaction Training Package and Emotion Regulation Training on Affective Capital among girls with Behavioral Externalizing problems

The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of mother-adolescent efficient interaction packages and emotion regulation training on the affective capital of girls with externalizing behavior problems. The research was a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of girls with Behavioral Externalizing problems in Isfahan in the fall of 2022. Among them, 60 people were selected based on purposefully and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The experimental group of mother-adolescent efficient interaction received a training package for 8 sessions, and the experimental group received the emotional regulation training package for 8 sessions. Emotional Capital Questionnaire (ACS, Golperor, 2015) was used to collect data. Data analysis was done with the statistical variance analysis method with repeated measurements. The findings indicated a significant difference was observed in the affective capital of girls variable between the mother-adolescent efficient interaction group with the emotion regulation and the control groups in the post-test and follow-up phases (p<0.01). Also, there was no significant difference between the emotion regulation and control groups (p<0.05). Therefore, Based on the findings, the effective mother-adolescent interaction training package can be effective for improving the Affective capital of girls with externalizing behavioral problems.