attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ad/hd) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood which involves behavioral and learning disturbances in children.  in addition, the disorder usually causes some problems in a child’s interaction with the peer group and family members. the present research addresses the comparative effectiveness of behavior parent training (bpt)...

conclusions therapeutic intervention and parent management training improves parenting skill of abusive parents, and this might lead to fewer incidents of abuse or neglect. results participants included 73 children with the mean age of 6.9 ± 4.3 year, while the mean age of parents was 31.76 ± 6.52 year for the mothers and 38.07 ± 8.45 year for the fathers. general anxiety disorder (30.1%) and d...

The effects of adding individualized video feedback (IVF) to Webster-Stratton's (2000, 2001) group-based parent training program (GT) were evaluated using a multiple baseline design across four mother-child dyads. During all phases of the study, inappropriate maternal behavior was recorded from videotapes of playtime with their preschoolers with developmental disabilities. Results suggested tha...

This research was undertaken to investigate the impact of Barkley’s Parent Training Program on the improvement of the mother-child relationship among anxious primary school students in Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. This quasi-experimental study had a pretest-posttest control group design. The instruments included the Spence Childrenchr('39')s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) (1997) and...

Two theoretically based parent training programs, delivered in real-world settings by the social services, were examined in this randomized controlled trial for effectiveness in reducing adolescents' antisocial behavior and substance use. Two hundred and thirty-seven (237) adolescents in ages between 12 and 18 and their parents were assigned to one of two programs or to a wait-list control cond...