Resumen

A quasi-experiment was developed with pre test and post test, with the objective of intervening in parenting. The intervention was realized through rational emotive psychotherapy and psychoeducation focused in parenting; the variables of this study were parental stress, parental anxiety, parenting style, aggressiveness of children and anxiety of minors. The sample was taken from three elementary schools in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Mexico. Statistically significant change of small effect was found in the anxiety of the parents of the experimental group. Likewise, statistically significant changes were found in the post test in the control group of the minors in the variables of authority of the mother, the perceived acceptance of the father by the minors, and the orientation to the perceived achievement of the father by the children. The results are discussed in terms of complementarities and discrepancies with the framework.