The Impact of a Parenting Skills Training Program on Stressed Mothers and their Children's Depression Level

In the present study, 250 elementary school children and their mothers participated. First, the mothers were screened using t he Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Based on the screening, 80 overstressed mothers were selected; ultimately, 3 8 mothers were assigned randomly into either the experimental group or the control group. The Parenting Skills Inventory and Depression Scal e for Children and Adolescents (SDD) were used prior to and following training to measure the impact of the parenting skills training program on the mothers and their children, whose average age was 10.6 years. The results revealed that the stress of mothers and depression level of children decreased significantly after 8 training sessions.