Journal of Counseling Research

Ghasemi Yazdabadi, M Parent-child relationship plays an important role in bringing peace in family environment. This was a semi-quasi experimental research with pre and post-tests, with control group. The purpose of this study was to consider the possible effectiveness of the content teaching of verbal communication based on Holy Quranic verses on reduction of conflicts between mothers and their young daughters. For data collection, cluster sampling was used to draw participants from different parts of Isfahan (Iran). Female junior high school students were recruited from random high schools in the area. Participants had responded to flyers seeking volunteers. Participants were selected when they were evaluated (through interview) to have conflicts with their mothers. As such, 32 girls were chosen and randomly assigned to the experimental (mothers’ group and daughters’ group) and the control groups. Straus’s Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) was used before and after conducting the mentioned intervention. Data analysis, which included use of covariance analytical method, yielded results that indicates teaching of verbal communication based on Quranic verses does indeed seem to meaningfully reduce conflicts between the mother and her teenage daughter.