Effect of parent education programme on maternal parenting behavior and behavioral problems observed in their children

This study aims to examine effect of parent education programme based on REBT on maternal parenting behaviors and on behavioral problems perceived by mothers. 28 mothers attended to study who have children in primary school. 14 of participants are the experimental group while 14 of them are control group. Alabama parental behavior scale and Conner's parent rating scale were applied to experimental and control groups before application. After pretesting, 7-session rational emotive parent education programme were applied to experimental group. No session was apllied to control group. posttest evaluations were applied one week later of the end of sessions. The gathered data were analysed with 2x2 anova. In conclusion of analysis, compared to mothers who didnt attend the parent education programme, the behaviors perceived as problem by mothers who attended parent education programme significantly decreased. While positive attitude and behaviors of the attended mothers increased, negative attitude and behaviors decreased.