The Effects of the Life Skills Training on Children 8-10 years old with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

The effects of the life skills training in children 7-10 years old with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) was investigated in this study. Five schools were randomly selected from schools of Nahavand city. 30 children who had received scores above of cut-point on oppositional defiant disorder subtest of Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL) were selected. The teachers confirmed children’s problems by applying Teacher Report Form (TRF).Subjects were divided into Control and Experimental groups. Experimental group received Life Skills Training for 10 weeks, single a week sessions lasted two hours. Upon the completion of the training and after two months, CBCL and TRF were administered as a post-test to both groups of mothers and teachers. The results were analyzed using Multivariate Analysis of Variance procedure and indicated that parents and teachers in the experimental group reported a significant decrease in signs of oppositional defiant disorder as compared to the control group. The new findings can have clinical applications in prevention and treatment of child behavior disorder.