Compare the effectiveness of parenting based on organizational skills and mindful parenting on parent-child relationships and symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of parenting based on organizational skills and mindful parenting on parent-child relationships and symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This was a quasi-experimental research with pretest, posttest and follow up. The study population consisted of all children aged 8-10 years with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Isfahan who were educated in Isfahan public schools in 2019-2020. In this study participated 45 male children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder that diagnosed on the basis of the Child Psychiatry and Fourth edition of Swanson-Nolan and Pelham Scale. In an experimental group, 11 sessions of parenting based on organizational skills and another experimental group 8 sessions of mindful parenting were conducted. The participants answered to Fourth edition of Swanson-Nolan and Pelham Scale(SNAP-IV) and parent-child relationships scale(CPRS) in three stages. Data were analyzed using repeated measures. Mindful parenting compared parenting based on organizational skills significant effect on parent-child relationships in the post-test and in the follow-up stage also remains(p≤05). Parenting based on organizational skills improved attention deficit and total attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder in the post-test and the effects have been significant and the effect on follow-up stage also remains(p≤05). But parenting based on organizational skills did not have a significant effect on symptoms of hyperactivity/ impulsivity(P≥0.05). This study provides promising results in improving parent-child relationships and reducing the symptoms of children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder by educating mindful parenting and parenting based on organizational skills as an intervention.