The effectiveness of teaching methods to change and modify behavior to mothers On the level of aggression in hyperactive children, with the moderating role of mothers' anxiety

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of teaching methods of behavior change and modification to mothers on the level of aggression in hyperactive children, with the role of modulating mothers' anxiety.

In this research, a semi-experimental method of pre-test-post-test and follow-up with heterogeneous control group was used. The statistical population included mothers with hyperactive children who referred to psychology and psychiatry clinics in Qom between the ages of 7 and 12 and in the academic year of 2023-2022, and 60 of them were selected as the research sample using available sampling. Among them, 30 people were randomly assigned as anxious mothers (15 experimental group and 15 control group) and 30 non-anxious mothers (15 experimental group and 15 control group). In order to collect data, the child's behavior list and Beck's anxiety questionnaire were used. In order to analyze the data, analysis of variance with repeated measurements and the analysis of variance were used.

The findings of the research data showed that teaching methods to change and modify behavior to mothers was effective in reducing aggression of hyperactive children (p<0.05) and mothers' anxiety in the relationship between teaching methods to change and modify behavior to mothers and aggression of hyperactive children. had a moderating role (F=9.520 and P<0.05).

The results showed that after teaching mothers, children's aggression was significantly reduced, and in addition, mothers' anxiety had a moderating role in the relationship between teaching methods of behavior change and modification to mothers and aggression of hyperactive children.