The Effectiveness of a Positive Parenting Program on general Health and Marital Adjustment of Mothers of Children with ADHD

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.