Parent Management Training to Decrease Disruptive Behavior in Children

Abstract

Disruptive behaviors that persist until middle childhood will develop into a worse behavior. One of the causes of disruptive child sedentary behavior is the overly punishment style of maternal discipline and inconsistent consequences. Therefore the mother needs a treatment to improve mother's ability in dealing with children with disruptive behavior. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of parent magement training (PMT) to decrease disruptive behavior on children. PMT is the training for mothers in dealing with disruptive behavior children by consistently apply the behavior modification and discipline style. The PMT consists of instruction, reinforcement technique, modeling, role play, feedback and evaluation. Disruptive behaviour of each sample was measured by using CBCL scale. This research was designed to use subject pretest-postest control group. The subject of the research were 10 mothers who have children aged 6-11 years old with disruptive behaviour. The result of analysis data showed that mother, who was given PMT has been able to reduce the disruptive behaviour on the children. The implication of this research is mothers who take part in PMT can improve their ability to handle children with disruptive behavior..