@article { author = {Isanezhad, Omid and Chahardoli, Davood}, title = {The Effectiveness of the Adults and Children Together - Parents Raising Safe Kids Program in Reducing Behavioral and Emotional Problems among Preschool Children}, journal = {International Journal of Behavioral Sciences}, volume = {11}, number = {1}, pages = {23-29}, year = {2017}, publisher = {Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences}, issn = {2322-1194}, eissn = {2676-2900}, doi = {}, abstract = {Introduction: The Adults and Children Together - Parents Raising Safe Kids (ACT-PRSK) program is an evidence-based approach that was proposed by the American Psychological Association (APA). The present study was carried out in order to examine the effectiveness of the ACT-PRSK program in reducing behavioral and emotional problems among preschool children.Method: The present experiment was a quasi-experimental study that was conducted using a pretest-posttest-follow up design with a control group. The study sample consisted of 32 parents of preschool children that had symptoms of behavioral and emotional problems. The participants were randomly assigned into an experimental group and a control one (each containing 16 individuals). The experimental group received ACT-PRSK program.Results: The results of mixed analysis of variance and Bonferroni test showed that the ACT-PRSK program was significantly effective in reducing behavioral and emotional problems except for psychosomatic problems among the experimental parents’ children. Moreover, the effects of the intervention were stable after 2 months.Conclusion: This educational program focuses on parent-child interaction, enhances the parents’ understanding of their children’s behaviors and emotions, and models appropriate behavioral styles, which leads to a change in the parents’ attitude, and thus, results in a change in the parents’ behavior while interacting with their children. It seems that a change in interaction to a large extent leads to a change in the children’s behavior.}, keywords = {Keywords: Parent Education,ACT-PRSK Program,Behavioral and Emotional Program,preschool children}, url = {https://www.behavsci.ir/article_67968.html}, eprint = {https://www.behavsci.ir/article_67968_1264d5b4e7603ff1daed1be49cca60d9.pdf} }