The Effectiveness of Transactional Analysis Training on Mothers to Improve Their Family Function

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of tran-sactional analysis training on mothers to improve their family function. A semi-experimental method was app-lied in this research. Statistical po-pulation consisted of all mothers of girl students in the state girl’s high schools of the second district in Te-hran. 50 mothers were selected thr-ough combination of cluster and random sampling methods, divided randomly into two groups of 25 mem-bers called experimental and control, which assigned into two control and experimental groups. Family assessment device (FAD) que-stionnaire, were filled at pre-test and post-test. The analysis of covariance test was carried out using SPSS so-ftware.The results of the research show that this method is effective for improving the family function of the mothers. It means, transactional analysis training improves their “roles”, “problem solv-ing” and “affective responsiveness”.