Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

The effectiveness of a positive parenting program (triple p) on parenting stress and tolerance of emotional disturbance in mothers with children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Hossein Shareh 1
Mina Yazdanian 2
1 Associate professor of clinical psychology, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.
2 MSc. in clinical psychology
10.22038/jfmh.2023.22562
Abstract
Introduction: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common behavioral disorders in children. This research aimed to assess the effectiveness of the positive parenting program on parenting stress and tolerance of emotional disturbance in mothers with ADHD children.
Materials and Methods: In the present study, among all the mothers with ADHD children who referred to two psychological clinics in Mashhad city-Iran in 2021-2022, 30 cases were selected by the convenient sampling method and randomly divided into equal experimental group and control group. The experimental group received a positive parenting program during eight weekly sessions, while the controls were assigned to a waiting list. The mothers completed Abidin's Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and Simons and Gaher's Emotional Disturbance Tolerance (DTS) in the pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed using multiple covariance analysis (MANCOVA) in SPSS version 22 software.
Results: The results showed that the positive parenting program reduced parenting stress and increased emotional disturbance tolerance significantly compared to the controls (P< 0.001). 
Conclusion: It seems that positive parenting program improves parenting stress and emotional disturbance tolerance in mothers with ADHD children.
Keywords
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Emotional disturbance
Parenting stress
Positive parenting
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Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 25, Issue 2
March and April 2023
Pages 103-110