In the present study, 250 elementary school children and their mothers participated. First, the mothers were screened using the
Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Based on the screening, 80 overstressed mothers were selected; ultimately, 38 mothers were
assigned randomly into either the experimental group or the control group. The Parenting Skills Inventory and Depression Scale
for Children and Adolescents (SDD) were used prior to and following training to measure the impact of the parenting skills
training program on the mothers and their children, whose average age was 10.6 years. The results revealed that the stress of
mothers and depression level of children decreased significantly after 8 training