Comparison of (EFT) training based on the HMT/LMG approach and (TA) on the differentiation and resolving the Parent-Adolescent conflict

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused approach training based on HMT/LMG and transactional analysis on the differentiation and resolving the Parent-Adolescent conflict.

The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest study of two experimental groups with a three-month follow-up and the statistical population included all female high school students in Mashhad in the academic year of 1399-1400 (12018 people). The sample size included 60 students along with their mothers who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method and randomly selected into two experimental groups (each group 30 people). In order to collect data from the measures of the Child’s Attitude toward Mother Scale  (CAMS), Murray Strauss conflict tactics (1990) and Strauss and Skorn and Friedlander's differentiation (1998), as well as Stewart and Joines (2009) transactional analysis training packages and Aikin and Aikin's (2017) Emotion-Focused (HMT/LMG) were used. Both groups completed the mentioned questionnaires and then one group received the transactional analysis intervention and the other group received the HMT/LMG program. At the end of the intervention, both groups completed the questionnaires.

The effect of time, group and time interaction in the Emotion-Focused (HMT/LMG) training group was significant for differentiation and conflict resolution compared to the transactional analysis group (p>0.001).

According to the obtained results, program HMT/LMG is recommended in Emotion-Focused training to increase differentiation and resolve conflicts during adolescence.