Effectiveness of family communication skills enrichment program focused on parents' marital satisfaction and emotional regulation of adolescent children with behavioral disorders

Adolescence is the most important developmental stage of every human being, which may be associated with behavioral disorders and be neglected by the family.

The present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of family-oriented communication skills enrichment program in order to improve marital satisfaction and emotional regulation of adolescent children with emotional disorders.

The research was of pseudo-experimental type with random assignment and with pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The research tools were Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (1390), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2013), and family-oriented communication skills enrichment program (Vadoudi et al., 1402) was held in the form of 23 group sessions for the experimental group. Data analysis showed multivariate covariance analysis of repeated measurements type.

The family-oriented communication skills enrichment program has improved marital satisfaction, emotion regulation, and also reduced the clinical symptoms of children with emotional disorders, and these results are stable in the follow-up (p<0.01).

In the enrichment program of family-oriented communication skills, behavior signs and negative thoughts, the causes of events, emotional and cognitive signs are identified and ways to correct and get rid of false beliefs and healthy alternatives are taught. which will improve the interpersonal relationships of the couple and the experienced emotions. The training of family-oriented communication skills will ensure that the person is prepared in terms of knowledge and insight to perform some interpersonal interactive skills because the person has learned an optimal level of cognitive functioning and the methods and It has preparations that are healthy, safe, effective and affordable.