Comparison of Family Functions and Parental Stress of Mothers of Children with/without ADHD
Subject Areas : PsychologyMaryam Yekrang Haghpanah 1 , samira pali 2
1 - Master of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran.
Keywords: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, family functions, parental stress,
Abstract :
This research aims to investigate the family functions and parental stress of mothers with children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder by comparing their characteristics with a group of mothers who do not have such children. For this purpose, using causal descriptive method - after an event (after an event) from the community of mothers who referred to the rehabilitation counseling center in Rasht city in the first three months of 1402, 60 people (30 mothers with a child with heart failure disorder/ hyperactivity and 30 mothers without children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) were selected as a sample. The two groups are matched in terms of mother's age, mother's education, mother's occupation and child's gender. The mothers responded to the family functioning questionnaires (Epstein, Baldwin and Bishop, 1950) and Abidin's parental stress (1991) and the results were analyzed using t-test to compare two independent groups in SPSS22 software. The results have shown that family functions (t=33.05, 0.01) and parental stress (t=29.54, 0.01) of mothers with children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder mean more than family functions and parental stress (Child's domain, parent's domain and total tension) of mothers without children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
