Ali Khodaei; Hossein Zare; Ahmad Alipour; Omid Shokri
Volume 2, Issue 2 , November 2015, , Pages 27-38
Abstract
Given the widespread phenomenon of parent-adolescent conflicts in family interactions and unpleasant consequences of them in the short and long term, the development and use of intervention programs, with the aim of training adaptive management of these conflicts, is an inevitable research necessity. ...
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Given the widespread phenomenon of parent-adolescent conflicts in family interactions and unpleasant consequences of them in the short and long term, the development and use of intervention programs, with the aim of training adaptive management of these conflicts, is an inevitable research necessity. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of attribution retraining intervention program on conflict solution style, optimism and reducing parent-adolescent conflicts. Fifty mothers participated in this study (25 each). In both experimental and control groups, before and after training, mothers responded the parent version of the Adolescent-Parent Conflicts Questionnaire (APCQ), Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) and Conflict Resolution Styles Inventory (CRSI). The attribution retraining program for mothers in experimental group was administered in 7 two-hour sessions. The results showed that the intervention program, in short and long-term, was effective in increasing the amount of optimism and positive problem solving and in reducing the severity of their conflict with adolescents and non-adaptive strategies. The results of this study empirically supported the determining role of attribution retraining program to help strengthen optimistic thinking and interpersonal conflict resolution skills, and to reduce the severity of conflicting experiences of parents with their adolescents.
Haniyeh Lavaf; Omid Shokri
Volume 1, Issue 2 , March 2015, , Pages 3-18
Abstract
Regarding the role of the family in the development of behavioral and emotional problems in adolescence, the purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of couples’ communications patterns in the relationship between marital conflict and internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescent ...
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Regarding the role of the family in the development of behavioral and emotional problems in adolescence, the purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of couples’ communications patterns in the relationship between marital conflict and internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescent girls. For this purpose, 320 high school female students of Tehran and their mothers completed the marital conflict Questionnaire (MCQ), the Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ) and the Achenbach Adolescent Youth Self Report (YSR). The data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling approach. The results showed that in relative intermediary pattern, the relationship < /span> between the manufacturer and the non manufacturer of the pattern, all paths were statistically significant, except the path of between manufacturer, non manufacturer communication pattern and externalizing problems. There was a negatively significant relationship between the interactive constructive communication pattern and internalizing problems. Also, there was a negatively insignificant relationship between the interactive constructive communication pattern and externalizing problems. In the non-constructive pattern, the relationship between marital conflict and non constructive communication pattern was significantly positive and with internalizing problem was positive and significant. Also, with externalizing problems was positive and insignificant. Based on the results, it seems that marital conflict disrupts the couples’ communication patterns, leading to internalizing problems in adolescent girls.
