Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. student of Psychology and Exceptional Children, Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran, Branch, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant professor, Department of General Exceptional Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran, Branch, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant professor, Department of Education and Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran, Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

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.

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