Relationship between Mother’s Mood and Attachment with Children’s Educational and Behavioral Problems: Mediating Role of Mother-Child Relationship

Document Type : علمی ترویجی

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1 . PhD student in Educational Psychology. Allameh Tabatabaei University. Tehran.

2 ssistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University. Tehran. Iran.

3 Masters student. Useful Institute of Psychologists

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mood and attachment of a mother with the educational and behavioral problems of 6-12 year-old children with the mediating role of mother-child relationship. The study was performed by correlational method with available sampling. Out of the population of the study, the mothers whose children participated in extra activities in Rajaii Shahr, Karaj, Iran, 214 mothers answered Mother-Child Relationship evaluation questionnaire (Robert M. Roth, 1990), Attachment Scale (Collins & Read), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (Lovibond and Lovibond, 1998), behavioral inventory (Rotter, 1964). Findings were analyzed by path analysis using LISREL software. The results showed that the two variables of mother's mood and attachment are directly related to children's educational and behavioral problems. However, the mediating variable, i.e. mother-child relationship, has no significant relationship with children's educational and behavioral problems. In addition, the two variables have been able to explain 55% of children's educational and behavioral problems. According to the research findings, it can be concluded that in addition to parenting skills, intervention to improve mood and attachment problems of mothers can be considered among the effective factors in interventions in reducing children's educational and behavioral problems.

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