1. Relation between Care Burden, Parenting Style and Resilience among Caregivers of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Abdelwahab, Adel Ali, Sayed, Yahia Mohamed, and Mohamed, Sherifa Rabea
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PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,CHILDREN with disabilities ,ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder ,HUMAN services programs ,STATISTICAL sampling ,INTERVIEWING ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH evaluation ,PILOT projects ,PARENTING ,EMOTIONS ,FAMILY relations ,CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,BURDEN of care ,ATTENTION ,FINANCIAL stress ,PSYCHOLOGICAL stress ,RESEARCH methodology ,PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers ,SOCIAL support ,PHYSIOLOGICAL stress ,COUNSELING ,DEMOGRAPHY - Abstract
Background: Lack of attention and support is causing detrimental physical and emotional impacts among caregivers of children with mental health issues like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Caregivers of individuals with ADHD bear a heavy emotional, social, and financial strain. Resilience and parenting approaches are crucial for improving the functioning of families with children who have ADHD. Aim of the study: To evaluate the relation between care burden, parenting style and resilience among caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Research design: A descriptive correlative research design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: The study was performed at children and adolescent outpatient clinic of Minia hospital for psychiatric health and addiction treatment Sample: A Convenience sample of 100 caregivers with their children was involved in this research. Tools: tool (I) A structured interview questionnaire covering the demographic characteristics of the studied parents, and their children, tool (II) Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI), tool (III)Parenting Styles Questionnaire and tool (IV)Resilience Scale for Adults. Results: More than three quarter of caregivers had high burden, two thirds of the caregivers had moderate resilience and authoritative parenting style was highly used by the majority of the studied parents. Conclusion: It was concluded that total burden has a significant positive correlation with authoritative as well as permissive style, while there was a significant negative correlation with resilience as well as authoritarian style Recommendations: Counseling services of caregivers and their children with ADHD will be needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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