The impact of training problem-solving skills on self-esteem and behavioral adjustment in teenage girls who have irresponsible parents or no parents.
Proper psychological interventions are of great importance because they help enhancing psychological and public health in adolescents with irresponsible parents or no parents. The current research aimed to examine the impact of training problem-solving experiment on self-esteem and behavioral adjustment in teenage girls with irresponsible parents or no parents.Methodology:The approach of the present research was a semi-test via a post-test-pre-test model and a check team. Hence, in Tehran, 40 girls with irresponsible parents or no parents were chosen by using the Convenience modeling, and they were classified into 2 teams: control and experiment. Both groups were pre-tested by using a demography questionnaire, Rosenberg's self-esteem scale, and a behavioral adjustment questionnaire. Afterwards, both groups were post-tested, and the obtained data were examined by using inferential and descriptive methods through SPSS 21.Findings:Findings indicated that the training problem-solving skills significantly increased the self-esteem and the behavioral adjustment in teenage girls with irresponsible parents or no parents (P < 0/ 001).Conclusion:The conclusion of this research was that training problem-solving methods greatly helps endangered people such as teenage girls with irresponsible parents or no parents, because these methods are highly efficient especially when they are performed in groups, as they are cheap and accepted by different people.
Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Isfahan, Iran.
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Shahgholy Ghahfarokhi
Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University Karaj Branch, Iran.
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Moradi
Exceptional Children Psychology, Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, Iran.
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Alborzkouh
Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University Chaloos Branch, Iran.
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Radmehr
General Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty, Paradise University, Gillan Branch, Iran.
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Zainali
behavioral adjustment; self-esteem; teenage girls with irresponsible parents or no parents; training problem-solving skills