The Effectiveness of Adlerian Group Counseling on Mental Health and Social Adjustment of Parents

The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Adlerian counseling on mental health and social adjustment of parents. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and a control group. The statistical population of this study included all the students' parents in Kermanshah during 2018-2019. The sampling method was cluster random sampling. The sample included 60 parents of students during the academic year of 2018 to 2019. They were divided into three groups of 20 individuals (two experimental groups and a control group with 20 individuals). Each of the experimental groups was assigned for a group counseling with either Adlerian or Rational Emotive Behavioral (REB) approach and the related approach was taught for 2 hours in 8 sessions. General health questionnaire scale of Goldberg and Hiller (1979) and Bell's adjustment scale (1961) were used to collect the data. The results showed that Adlerian counseling method was effective in increasing mental health and social adjustment.