Investigate the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Program on Reducing the Aggression of Fathers Of ID Students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral program training on decreasing the aggression of fathers of students with ID. The present study was a experimental study with pretest-post-test design with control group. The statistical population of this study was all fathers of the elementary school ID of a district of Ahvaz in the academic year of 1983-97, totally 90. Using simple random sampling method, 20 fathers whose scores in the aggression questionnaire were 38 To the top, were selected and randomly subjected to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received training and 12 sessions of cognitive-behavioral program. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 25 questionnaires of aggression and clinical interview with observation. Data were analyzed by covariance statistical test. The results of covariance analysis showed that cognitive-behavioral cognitive training program significantly decreased aggression in fathers of fathers of experimental ID and fathers of experimental group compared to fathers of control group in post-test. Based on this, it can be concluded that behavioral cognitive program training is effective in decreasing the aggression of fathers of ID students .