The Effectiveness of Parent Management Training (PMT) on Frustration Tolerance and Adjustment of Adolescent Girls

The present study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of Parent Management Training (PMT) on frustration tolerance and adjustment of adolescent girls in Kerman. The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest and control group. A sample of 32 First year high school girls in Kerman was chosen by a multistage cluster random sampling method in the 2018_2019 academic year and randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. The parents of the experimental group were included in Parent Management Training (PMT) program for 9 sessions but parents of the control group did not receive any training. The research tools were Harringtonchr('39')s frustration Tolerance questionnaire (2005) and Sinha and Singchr('39')s Adjustment students questionnaire (1993). The data were analyzed by descriptive indicators and multivariate analysis of covariance using SPSS software version 24. The results showed in the experimental group compared to the control group, the mean scores of frustration intolerance significantly reduced and  the mean scores of adjustment significantly increased in the posttest. Therefore, the results showed that Parental Management Training can be a useful intervention for reducing frustration intolerance and increasing adjustment of adolescent girls.