Preschool and Elementary School Studies

The Effect of Behavioral Parent Training on Social Development, Aggression and Self-Esteem of Children

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Zahra Hosseinzadeh Maleki 1
Zahra Azimiyan Sayar 2
Mohaddeseh Moradi 3

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 M.Sc. of General Psychology, Hekmat Razavi Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran

3 M.Sc. of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

10.22054/soece.2026.88638.1328
Abstract
The early life environment has significant effects on the development through the quality of parent-child interactions in preschool age.The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of behavioral parenting education on social development, aggression and self-esteem of children aged 3-6 years. This quasi–experimental research selected 16 mothers of children aged 3-6 years from Mashhad kindergartens using the convenience sampling method who were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups that the experimental group participated in seven sessions of behavioral parenting intervention. The data were collected using the Wayland social development questionnaire (Doll, 1953), preschool children aggression questionnaire (Vahedy et.al, 2008) and self-esteem questionnaire (Azizi Moghaddam, 2008). Subsequently, the obtained data were analyzed through multivariate and Univariate analysis of covariance. SPSS version 22 software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that behavioral parenting education had an effect on social development, aggression and self-esteem of children aged 3-6 years (p<0.01, F= 56/605). Therefore, behavioral parenting training increases the positive parenting style of parents and it increases children's social and psychological skills.

Keywords

behavioral parenting
social development
aggression
self-esteem

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