Enhancement of Coping Patterns among Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Abstract

Background: Families of children with ADHD encounter greater difficulties such as family conflict,negative parent- child relationship, higher rates of parent stress and ineffective coping. The aimof study:was to enhancement of coping patterns among parents of children with ADHD. Study design: a quasiexperimentaldesign was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at PediatricOut-Patient Clinic atEl-Abbassia hospital for psychiatric and mental health.Method: convenient sample of50 parents were chosen for conducting this study. Data collection tools:(1) Socio demographic and clinicalcharacteristics data for children and their parents.(2)Parental stress scale. (3)Ways of coping Questionnaire.Results: the present study revealed that there were highly statistically significant differences between preandpost- program of parental stress regarding level of stress, there were highly statistically significantimprovement between post-program compared to pre –program regarding coping patterns of the parentshave children with ADHD. Conclusion: parents of children with ADHD had high level of stress, whichdecreased after implementation of the educational program with a highly statistical significant difference.Inaddition to the current study revealed that after the intervention there were improvements in coping patternsof parents. Recommendations: Continuous education programs and counseling are important to improveparents’ adjustment toward care of their ADHD children.