Relationship between Resilience and Happiness in Parents with Behavioral Problems in Elementary School Students

Abstract

The study was done to determine the relationship between resilience and happiness in parents with behavioral problems in elementary school students in Isfahan. It was a descriptive and correlative research. The statistical population was all elementary school students that studying in Isfahan during 2014-2015. From statistical population 120 students were selected through multistage cluster sampling. The data was collected using resilience and happiness questionnaires and parent form of child behavior checklist. Pearson’s correlation, simultaneous regression and Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to analyze data. The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between resilience of parents and emotional, anxiety, hyperactivity and oppositional behavior problems. Happiness of parents was significantly negatively correlated with emotional, anxiety, physical, hyperactivity, oppositional behavior and conduct problems. Resilience of parents predicted hyperactivity problem and happiness of parents predicted emotional, anxiety, physical, oppositional behavior and conduct problems. Also, there were no difference between girls and boys in terms of the dimensions of behavioral problems. This result emphasizes that parents’ traits have essential role in behavioral problems of girl and boy students.

Keywords

• resilience in parents
• happiness in parents
• behavioral problems
• students