The Effect of Non-Violent Resistance Program On Family Relationships and Parentship Perceptions of Parents

The aim of this study is to examine the Non-violent Resistance program which is applied to the parents of the children in secondary level education and show aggressive behavior and its effects of on the family structure of the parents and their interactions, the stress they experienced, the inadequacy they felt, and the feelings of helplessness. The data of the study were obtained through the ‘Family Assessment Scale’ and ‘Subjective Disorders Unit Questionnaire’ applied to the parents in the experimental and control groups. These scales were applied to the parents of the experimental and control groups as pre-test, post-test and follow-up measurements. When the results of the study were examined, it was seen that the program applied to the parents causes significant changes in the positive direction on the forms of interaction within the family, and it is seen that the parents have a meaningful difference on the levels of coping with the feelings of stress, disability and helplessness. According to these results it is considered that it will be beneficiary for the psychological counselors and researchers working in this area to apply Non Violent Resistance program to deal with violence and aggressive behavior in children and adolescents and to develop family relations