Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The Effectiveness of Problem-Solving Education on Parents-Adolescent Conflict and Internet Addiction

Authors
Seyed Abolghasem Seyedan 1
Alireza Rahmani 2
1 Lecturer of Psychology Department of Mazandaran University and Torbat-e-Jidari
2 Master of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Ferdows Branch
10.22038/mjms.2019.14933
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of problem solving skills training on parent-adolescent conflicts and Internet addiction among adolescents in Torbat Heydarieh high school in 1397
Methods: In this study, a sample of 100 people was selected through targeted sampling. The research method was semi-experimental with control group and pre-test and post-test. Data were collected through the implementation of Internet addiction inventory (Yang et al., 1999) Questionnaire for Conflict Measurement between Parents and Sons of Strauss (2005). Eight sessions of problem solving skills training were conducted for experimental group after 8 weeks post-test. Data were analyzed using single-variable covariance analysis.
 
Results: The findings also showed that problem solving skills are effective in reducing adolescent    Internet addiction. The findings indicate that problem solving skills training can reduce parent                     -adolescent conflict among high school students.
Conclusion: It can be concluded from the results obtained in this research that education in adolescence age, which is the age of crises and conflicts, can be effective in preventing many of the injuries, especially the two variables that we have studied in this study.
Keywords
Internet addiction
parent-adolescent conflict
problem-solving skills
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 61, supplment1
January and February 2019
Pages 238-246