تاثير آموزش "برنامه ي تربيت سازنده" به مادران بر مشكلات رفتاري كودكان مبتلا به اختلال بيش فعالي كم توجهي

Effect of the positive parenting program on parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Introduction: The efficacy of the positive parenting program for parents of children with behavior problems was confirmed in several studies. Yet, such studies have not been conducted for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Iran, so we decided to evaluate it because of high frequency of the problem. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial study, sixty mothers (30 in each control and intervention groups) who had at least one child with clinically diagnosed ADHD and aged between 6 to 12 years old were recruited from the consecutive referrals to the child and adolescent psychiatric clinic of Ruzbeh hospital, Tehran, Iran. The mothers in two groups were matched in some demographic variables. Mothers in both groups completed the battery of self-report questionnaires of study at the beginning and after the 8ʹ h session. The discrepancies of pre and post intervention were compared between two groups by SPSS software using repeated measure ANDYA statistical method. Results: Intervention group was associated with significantly lower levels of child behavior problems in Connersʹ scale and ADHD rating scale (P