the effectiveness of positive parenting programs on parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy of women as heads of households

Objective: family risk factors such as ineffective parenting by parents, especially mothers, can affect emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents and increase psychological problems of parents such as stress and parenting self-efficacy. the purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the positive parenting program on parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy of female heads of households with teenage children.methods: the current research was pre-test - post-test with a control group. the research population consisted of all female heads of households under the support of the yazd relief committee in 2020 who had teenage children. the research sample consisted of 20 females as heads of households, who were selected in an available manner and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. in order to measure the research variables, domka et al.'s parenting self-efficacy questionnaire (1996) and abdin's parental stress questionnaire (1967) were used. the interventions were conducted during 8 weekly sessions for 90 minutes, and the covariance method was used for data analysis.results: the findings showed that positive parenting education has an effect on reducing parenting stress and improving parenting self-efficacy of females as heads of households with teenage children (p<0.05).conclusion: according to the results, mental health professionals can use a positive parenting program to improve females' psychological health and parenting self-efficacy.