Social Psychology Research

Effectiveness of teaching self-differentiation on psychological distress and social adaptation in the adolescents with divorced parents

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

roya heydari 1
Mohamad bagher hobbi 2

1 Ma of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran.

2 2 . Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract
Purpose: parents’ divorce influences psychological, emotional and social components of the children. Therefore the present study was conducted aiming to determine the effectiveness of teaching self-differentiation on psychological distress and social adaptation in the adolescents with divorced parents.
Method: It was an experimental study with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period design. The statistical population included first high school students with divorced parents conflicting parents in the city of Tehran in academic year 2017-18. The sample included thirty students with divorced parents who were selected and via clustered random sampling method and randomly replaced into experimental and control groups (15 in each group). The experimental group received ten sessions of self-differentiation teaching while the control groups didn’t receive any intervention. Psychological distress questionnaire (Kesler et.al, 2003) and social adaptation (Sinha and Sing, 1993) were applied in order to collect information. The data were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA method.
Findings: The results showed that teaching self-differentiation has significantly influenced psychological distress and social adaptation in the adolescents with divorced parents (p<0.001). Moreover, the results showed that this teaching can significantly maintain its effect in time (p<0.001)
Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that teaching self-differentiation using social and emotional techniques can influence psychological distress and social adaptation of the adolescents with divorced parents. Therefore teaching self-differentiation can be applied as an efficient method to improve social adaptation and decrease psychological distress of the adolescents with divorced parents.

Keywords

teaching self-differentiation
psychological distress
social adaptation
adolescents with divorced parents
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Social Psychology Research
Volume 8, Issue 31
Summer 2019
Pages 103-117

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