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PourHosein R, Khan abadi M, Fahimi far A. (2016). The effect of management behavior training on stress and mental health of mothers of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children . Journal of Psychological Science. 14(56), 457-474.
URL: http://psychologicalscience.ir/article-1-225-en.html

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of management behavior training methods to mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, on decreasing stress and mental health problems of these mothers. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and control group. 24 mothers of children with ADHD were selected using at-hand sampling and divided into control and experimental groups. Both groups filled out connors questioners, parenting stress index and mental health questioners. In the next step, the experimental group was instructed management behavior training in 9 ninety-minute sessions while the mothers in control group went on their normal procedures. At the end of the instructional session, both groups filled out the mentioned questioners as the post-test. Covariance analysis was used for analyzing data. The results of the analysis of covariance showed that instructing behavior modification methods decreased mental health problems and parenting stress (P<0/05) among mothers in experimental group, in comparison with the control group. The results totally showed that behavioral training to mothers improves their mental health and prevents rising psychological disturbance and also emotional problems in mothers of children with ADHD.