1- Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch
2- Islamic Azad University, Khoy Branch , cognition20@yahoo.com
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Abstract
Background & Purpose: Students with mental disability have more of oppositional defiant disorder than
normal children. So, The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of parental management training
on reducing the symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder in students with mental disability.
Method: This research was a quasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test with control and
experimental groups. The statistical population of the present study included the parents of students with
mental disabilities in exceptional schools in Salmas in 1397-1398. Thirty eligible individuals were selected
by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to the control group (n = 15) and the experimental
group (n = 15). The Destructive Behavior Disorder Scale (1992) was used to collect data. In this study, the
experimental group received 8 sessions of parental management training as a group and the control group
did not receive any intervention.
Results: Univariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the research data. The results of research
data showed that parental management training is effective in reducing the symptoms of disobediencestubbornness
disorder (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be said that parental management education is an effective method
in improving the symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder in students with mental disabilities.
Type of Study:
Original Article |
Subject:
Mental Retarded Received: 2020/Nov/Fri | Revised: 2022/Jan/Mon | Accepted: 2021/Sep/Fri | Published: 2021/Sep/Fri | ePublished: 2021/Sep/Fri
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