Comparing the effectiveness of two methods of teaching quality of life in parents and teaching social emotional learning of students to reduce the symptoms of conduct disorder in students.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods of teaching quality of life in parents and teaching social emotional learning of students on reducing the symptoms of conduct disorder in students. This research was semi-experimental design with pretest-post test design with control group. The statistical population of this study was all male students of fourth, fifth and sixth grade students with conduct disorder in Shiraz in academic year of 96_97. The research sample consisted of 45 students who were selected by cluster random sampling and randomly divided into three groups. The first experimental group was the parents of 15 students who received the quality of life therapy program in 8 sessions of 2 hours. The second experimental group received 15 conduct disorder students who received the social emotional training program in 8 sessions per hour. And the third group of control that students and their parents did not receive any training. After performing educational interventions, the CSI-4 questionnaire was completed as a post-test by parents. In data analysis, co variance analysis was used. Based on the results, in the experimental groups, there was a significant decrease in the symptoms of conduct disorder in comparison with the control group in the post-test. Both interventions have had a positive effect on the improvement of symptoms of conduct disorder. But intervention by students' social-emotional learning method was more effective than education in quality of life in mothers.