Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Allameh Tabataba'i University
2 Allameh Tabataba'i UniversityThe institution will open in a new tab, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Adler-Dreikurs approach parenting education on empathy and courage in Zahra Mardani 2 girls elementary school students. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was used. The statistical population included mothers of Zahra Mardani 2 elementary school children who were students in Tehran, 2019-2020 school year. convenience sampling was used. A sample of 30 mothers from one school who met the study criteria were selected. They were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups and responded the Alizadeh et al. (2015) social interest questionnaire. The experimental group participated in a 10-session, 60 minutes course containing Adler-Dreikurs approach parenting education. At the end, both the groups were post-tested. All the training and testing were done virtually. Data were analyzed using SPSS. The ANCOVA showed that the levels of empathy and courage of the experimental group were significantly different from the control group at the post-test stage with levels of 0.001 and 0.011, respectively. Considering the higher mean scores of the experimental group in the post-test, it can be concluded that Adler-Dreikurs approach parenting education had a significant effect on empathy and courage in children and increased these components in them. Finally, it can be concluded that parenting education with the Adler-Dreikurs approach leads to a change in parents' attitudes towards how they deal with their children, which results in learning new behaviors and changing parents' behaviors towards their children, and increasing empathy in children.
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