Background Oppositional Defiant Disorder falls into the category of Disruptive Behaviour Disorder, Pulse Control and Conduct Control characterized by hostile, negative and provocative behaviour towards authoritative individuals, and conditions that involve problems of selfcontrol of one’s emotions. Aim: This study aims to demonstrate how improving self-perception and fostering informed parenthood can foster more competent emotional development in children. Sample: The sample therefore includes 30 children divided into two 15 test groups who had been diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) age range 4-6 years. Methods: After having validated the diagnosis, we started parent training: it is an intervention aimed to improving the relationship between parents and children, increasing the ability to analyze educational problems that may arise, increase knowledge of psychological development of children and principles that govern them, disseminate effective educational methods and make family life and educational problems that can arise more easily manageable. showed an improvement of reflective functions to subscale certainty and uncertainty on perception of one’s own and others’ mental states of RFQ test after development of parent training in both groups, and this can lead to behavioural improvements.
Reflective Functions and Parent Training in ODD
Rega A;
2020-01-01
Abstract
Background Oppositional Defiant Disorder falls into the category of Disruptive Behaviour Disorder, Pulse Control and Conduct Control characterized by hostile, negative and provocative behaviour towards authoritative individuals, and conditions that involve problems of selfcontrol of one’s emotions. Aim: This study aims to demonstrate how improving self-perception and fostering informed parenthood can foster more competent emotional development in children. Sample: The sample therefore includes 30 children divided into two 15 test groups who had been diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) age range 4-6 years. Methods: After having validated the diagnosis, we started parent training: it is an intervention aimed to improving the relationship between parents and children, increasing the ability to analyze educational problems that may arise, increase knowledge of psychological development of children and principles that govern them, disseminate effective educational methods and make family life and educational problems that can arise more easily manageable. showed an improvement of reflective functions to subscale certainty and uncertainty on perception of one’s own and others’ mental states of RFQ test after development of parent training in both groups, and this can lead to behavioural improvements.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
