Atieh hajbabay ravandi; Parisa Tajali; Afsane Ghanaripanah; Mansooreh Shahriari Ahmadi
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a positive parenting program on general health and marital adjustment of mothers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The quasi-experimental research design was pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group. ...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a positive parenting program on general health and marital adjustment of mothers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The quasi-experimental research design was pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population of this study included all mothers of students aged 7 to 11 years with ADHD (dominant hyperactivity) in the academic year 1401-1400 in Tehran. The sample size consisted of 30 people who were selected by available sampling method and placed in two experimental and control groups. A positive parenting program was implemented for the experiment group, while the control group did not receive any training. The research tool included the General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg & Hillier, 1972) and Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976). The results indicated that a positive parenting program improved the general health and marital adjustment. The findings of this study provide a beneficial information about positive parenting program. Counselors and psychologists might practice these interventions to improve the general health and marital adjustment of mothers of children diagnosed with ADHD.
behnaz sadat ja'fari; ali fahti ashtiani
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The objective of this study lay in investigating the effect of Positive Parenting Program on pathological Symptoms of children (aged 4 to 12) who received little attention and suffered from hyperactivity disorder. The method of study is the pseudo-experimental along with pretest and posttest. The society ...
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The objective of this study lay in investigating the effect of Positive Parenting Program on pathological Symptoms of children (aged 4 to 12) who received little attention and suffered from hyperactivity disorder. The method of study is the pseudo-experimental along with pretest and posttest. The society entailed mothers of 4-12 year-old- children who went to two clinics . After primary evaluations done according to the criteria of entering the sample, 20 persons were selected and randomly placed in the two groups of trial and control; then, the chosen group was trained in positive parenting group having an 8 session program each took 120 minutes. By using Symptom Checklist ñ 4 to measuring ADHD symptoms, subjects are assessed in pretest, posttest and follow up. The data was analyzed by Multivariate Covariance Analysis. Study findings have indicated that performing Positive Parenting Program resulted in reduction of key symptoms of ADHD in suffering children in comparison to the controlled group. Thus, it is suggested that the medication agents apply such procedure to aid the suffering children.
