Effectiveness of Group Interventions based on Parent-child Relationship on Promoting the Mental Health of Parents of Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Nasrin Mahmoodi,Roghaieh Mousavi

doi:10.47552/ijam.v9i4.1129

Abstract

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders that has recently been increasingly considered by psychologists and researchers. Due to its nature, this disorder also affects on mental health of parents, in addition to the child's health. Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of group interventions based on parent-child relationship on promoting the mental health of parents of children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, aged 6-11 years. Methodology: In a quasi-experimental study using pre-test and post-test design with three experimental groups of pharmacotherapy, combined (pharmacotherapy and family-oriented intervention) and family-oriented, mothers of 30 children with ADHD disorder were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method; these subjects were randomly selected from the educational districts of Tehran. The combined and family-oriented groups were trained in a parent-child relationship group for 10 sessions and the drug therapy group received only medication. All subjects were evaluated by Mental Health Scale in two stages (before intervention and after intervention). Data was analyzed using covariance analysis. Findings: The results showed that the implementation of educational program based on parent-child relationship resulted in a significant increase in the mental health of parents of children with hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder in the combined and family-oriented groups. Conclusion: Interventions based on parent-child relationship with pharmacotherapy (combined method) are effective in increasing the mental health of parents of children with hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disability; therefore it is suggested that therapists use this method to help this group.

Highlights

The evidence has shown that the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has increased significantly over the past two decades [1]
The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of group interventions based on parent-child relationship on promoting the mental health of parents of children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, aged 6-11 years
Interventions based on parent-child relationship with pharmacotherapy are effective in increasing the mental health of parents of children with hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disability; it is suggested that therapists use this method to help this group

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Introduction

The evidence has shown that the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has increased significantly over the past two decades [1]. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common behavioral and neurobiological disorders (biological nerve), which is known in childhood [2]. This disorder is overly pervasive and persistent and is characterized by neglect, hyperactivity and impulsivity [3]. According to studies [6], the prevalence of ADHD was 12.3%in pre-primary school children, 15.2%in primary school boys; this rate turned out to be 16.2% in [7,8] studies. ADHD is more likely to be diagnosed in children, the level of recognition in adulthood is equal in men and women [9]

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