Teaching Problem Solving for Parents: Effects on Resolving Family Conflicts and Parenting Style

Frequent interaction among family members, may lead to conflict or problems. Therefore, designing intervention programs for promote interpersonal skills among family members seemed to be necessary. One of these programs is problem solving strategies teaching.  This study aime to investigate the effects of teaching problem solving on parenting style and family problem solving. The sample is consisted of 29 parents selected by convenient sampling method. Two questionnaires were used:  Arnold's Parenting Scale and Family Problem Solving Scale (Ahmadi and et al., 1383). The results indicated significant differences between pretest and posttest in parenting style subscales (i.e. laxness, over reactivity and verbosity). However, no significant differences between pre and post test scores were observed in family problem solving subscales. Finally, discussing the findings, limitations and suggestions for future research are presented.