The effectiveness of parenting skills model based on conversational skills in increasing empathy and understanding the parent-child relationship (reducing intergenerational gap) in high school students in public schools in district (1) of Urmia city

The relationship between parents and children is one of the important issues that has attracted the attention of experts and specialists in education for many years. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of educational model for parents based on acquiring conversational skills in order to increase the perception and empathy of the parent-child relationship (reduction of intergenerational gap) in their adolescent children.

The present study is quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The experimental and control groups were assigned. The instruments used in this study were the Parent-Child Fine Relationship Perception (PCRS) Questionnaire and Davis Empathy. The experimental group received 8 one-hour sessions of conversational skills training.

The hypothesis test showed that the mother's parent's familiarity with conversational skills only improved the components of positive emotion and communication in perceiving the parent-child relationship, but the mother's parent's familiarity with conversational skills had no significant effect on any of the components of empathy in their adolescent children.

Familiarity of the parent with the skill of talking about the component of positive emotions from the perception of the parent-child relationship actually shows that due to the increasing psychological and mood disorders in children and adolescents, the mother's relationship, which is always a source of love for children. will find. Familiarity of the parent with the skill of conversation has an effect on increasing the component of communication in understanding the parent-child relationship.