Investigating the effectiveness of positive parenting training in reducing parent-child conflict and interpersonal relationships among adolescents

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20250829067035N1

Enrollment

Registered

2025-09-20

Start date

2025-08-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-13

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Conditions

Parent-child conflict and adolescent interpersonal relationships. Psychological and behavioral factors associated with disorders or diseases classified elsewhere

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Positive Group Parenting Program: The Positive Group Parenting Program is a type of parent management training program based on the Paterson Learning Model (1982) a

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Having at least one adolescent child within a certain age range Parental relationship with adolescent child Living with adolescent child in a household Experienced at least a certain amount of parent-child conflict (above average score on a parent-child conflict questionnaire)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Unwillingness to participate in the training program Participation in similar educational programs in the recent past

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Parent-child conflict: Parent-child conflict: refers to communication challenges and conflicts that arise between parents and children as family members grow and change. In this study, parent-child conflict refers to the score that each student will obtain on the Conflict with Parents (CP) questionnaire (Myself and My Mother form), which was developed by Strauss in 1983. Timepoint: After conducting a pre-test on both groups, the positive parenting educational therapy package, which includes 8 120-minute sessions, is implemented twice a week for the experimental group, and then a pre-test is administered to both groups. Method of measurement: The measuring tool will be the Murray-Strauss-Ross Parent-Child Conflict Questionnaire.;Interpersonal relationships: Interpersonal relationships are relationships in which each individual conveys information and feelings to one or more other individuals through verbal and nonverbal messages. In this study, interpersonal relationships are a characteristic that is measured by the Interpersonal Relationship Quality Test of Pierce et al. (1991). Timepoint: After conducting a pre-test on both groups, the positive parenting educational therapy package, which includes 8 120-minute sessions, is implemented twice a week for the experimental group, and then a pre-test is administered to both groups. Method of measurement: The measurement tool will include the Quality of Relationships (QRI) questionnaire by Pierce et al. (1991).	—

Measure

Time frame

Parent-child conflict: Parent-child conflict: refers to communication challenges and conflicts that arise between parents and children as family members grow and change. In this study, parent-child conflict refers to the score that each student will obtain on the Conflict with Parents (CP) questionnaire (Myself and My Mother form), which was developed by Strauss in 1983. Timepoint: After conducting a pre-test on both groups, the positive parenting educational therapy package, which includes 8 120-minute sessions, is implemented twice a week for the experimental group, and then a pre-test is administered to both groups. Method of measurement: The measuring tool will be the Murray-Strauss-Ross Parent-Child Conflict Questionnaire.;Interpersonal relationships: Interpersonal relationships are relationships in which each individual conveys information and feelings to one or more other individuals through verbal and nonverbal messages. In this study, interpersonal relationships are a characteristic that is measured by the Interpersonal Relationship Quality Test of Pierce et al. (1991). Timepoint: After conducting a pre-test on both groups, the positive parenting educational therapy package, which includes 8 120-minute sessions, is implemented twice a week for the experimental group, and then a pre-test is administered to both groups. Method of measurement: The measurement tool will include the Quality of Relationships (QRI) questionnaire by Pierce et al. (1991).

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAshkan Shahvali Kohshuri

Islamic Azad University

ashkanshahvali137878@gmail.com+98 61 4365 2027

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026