The Effects of the Triple P-positive Parenting Program on 7-10 Years Old Children with Externalized Behaviour Problems

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The effects of the triple p-positive parenting program in 7-10 years old children with externalized behaviour problems was investigated in this study. Four schools were randomly selected from schools of nahavand city. 28 mothers whose children had received scores above cut-point on externalized problems of Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL) were selected. Subjects were divided into control and experimental groups. Experimental group received Triple-p for 8 weeks, single a week sessions lasted two hours. The results were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U and indicated that mothers in the experimental group reported a significant decrease in signs of externalized problems in comparison with the control group. The results showed that the mother's training program did have a significant effect on the reduction of externalized behaviour problems. The emerged findings can have clinical applications in prevention and treatment of child behavior disorder.

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