The Effectiveness of Positive Parenting Training on Feelings of Shame in Children of Divorce

Introduction: The separation of parents from each other will bring a lot of damage and consequences to children, and it will also affect their growth and development and communication, which will lead to a feeling of shame in these children. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of positive parenting education on feelings of shame in children of divorce. methods: The method of the current research was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design, a control group, and a three-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research included all the divorced mothers with children (7 to 12 years old) who visited Trust Counseling Center of Sari city in 2022-2023, among whom 30 people were selected randomly through convenience sampling and were replaced in two experimental and control groups. Ferguson's internalized shame questionnaire was used to collect data. Positive parenting training was conducted for 8 2-hour sessions for the experimental group, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Before and after the implementation of the pre-test and post-test sessions, both groups were taken, and after three months, both groups were followed up again. To analyze data, analysis of variance with repeated measurements was used through SPSS version 26 software. Results: The results of the present study showed that there was a significant difference between the mean of the shame variable and its component in the pre-test-post-test and pre-test-follow-up stages (p<0/05). Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be concluded that positive parenting training has been able to reduce the feeling of shame in divorced children; therefore, positive parenting training is suggested to reduce the feeling of shame in children.