Impact of Transactional Analysis on Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Aggression among Adolescent Students

This study examined the effectiveness of transactional analysis (TA) on parent-adolescent conflict and aggression among adolescent students. The samples consisted of 200 adolescent students (100 in experimental group and 100 in control group) who had scored high in parent-adolescent conflict and aggression. Parent-adolescent conflict was measured by issue checklist (IC, 1989), conflict behaviour questionnaire (CBQ short form, 1984), and aggression was measured by aggression scale (AS, 2004). The study hypothesized that TA shall have a positive impact on parent-adolescent conflict and aggression among adolescents. TA intervention was given to the experimental group for a period of 24 weeks and no intervention was given to the control group. Post-test data was obtained on CBQ, IC and BDI for both experimental and control group. Findings revealed that the impact of TA was positive in reducing parent-adolescent conflict and aggression.