Background: Research shows that using a step-by-step parenting program affects parenting styles, psychological flexibility, and mothers' stress, but the problem is that determining the effectiveness of a step-by-step parenting education program affects the quality of parent-child relationships and neglected parental self-efficacy. remained.
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of step-by-step parent education program on the quality of parent-child relationships, parental self-efficacy and cognitive flexibility of mothers in Isfahan. Method: The research was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and two-month follow-up with the control group. The Maternal Research Society of 12- to 18-year-old boys referred to the Yarestan Counseling Center in Isfahan in 2019. 40 mothers were randomly selected as a sample and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (20 mothers in each group). Research tools include the Pianta Parent-Child Relationship Questionnaire (1994), Dumka Parenting Self-Efficacy, Stringinger, Jackson, and Rosa (1996), Dennis and Vanderwal Cognitive Flexibility (2010), and 8 90-minute step-by-step training sessions with Step Drikers and Solts. (1991). Data were analyzed using mixed variance analysis with repeated measurements. Results: Step-by-step parenting training program improved the quality of parent-child relationships and increased parenting self-efficacy and mothers' cognitive flexibility (p< 0/001). The step-by-step parenting training program was also significant in the follow-up phase (p< 0/001). Conclusions: Parents who participated in 8 parent training sessions in the step-by-step program gained more quality parent-child relationships, better parenting self-efficacy, and more cognitive flexibility