چکیده:
Positive Parenting Program (Triple-P) is an approved method of parent training for reducing child behavioral problems. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of standard level of Triple-P in improving behavioral problems and core Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms of preschool children diagnosed with ADHD.
Methods: The study was conducted on 94 mothers who had preschool children with ADHD (53 subjects and 41 controls), referred to child psychiatry clinic at Imam Hossein Hospital, Tehran, Iran. The subjects were selected by purposive sampling method. Mothers with adjusted homogeneous demographic factors responded to study questionnaires (pre-test and post-test) in both groups. The subject group received child-rearing intervention Triple-p and the control group received the routine clinical treatment. The obtained data were analyzed by analysis of covariance in SPSS.
Results: A significant decrease was observed in ADHD symptoms based on Conner’s questionnaire in the subjects compared to controls (P=0.001). Parent depression index in the subject group was significant compared to control group (P=0.005). In addition, results related to parent problem scale in the subject group indicated a significant improvement compared to control group (P=0.001).
Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the Triple-p can reduce ADHD symptoms and behavioral problems and improve the capabilities of preschool children with ADHD.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Research Paper: Evaluation of the Effects of Positive Parenting Program on Symptoms of Preschool Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Mojgan Khademi1,2,3 /, Fatemeh Ayatmehr2 /, Najmeh Khosravan Mehr2* /, Katayoon Razjooyan1,2 /, Rozita Davari Ashtiani1,2 /, Fariba Arabgol1,2 / 1.
The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of standard level of Triple-P in improving behavioral problems and core Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms of preschool children diagnosed with ADHD.
In particular, to be a supportive parent since the very young ages of the child, has been proven to positively affect child’s development in cognitive, be-havioral, and psychological aspects (Beckwith, Rodning, & Cohen, 1992; Eshel, Daelmans, deMello, & Martines, 2006; Landry, Smith, Swank, & Guttentag, 2008).
In this regard, three interventions are considered as the most effective child-rearing interventions that can reduce the ADHD symp-toms in children at preschool age; one of them is Positive Parenting Program (Triple-P) which consists of different January 2019, Volume 7, Number 1 training levels.
A series of studies have shown that Triple-P is effective in a number of delivery formats (group, individual, phone-assisted and self-directed) with significant reductions in both observed and parent-reported disruptive behaviors, in-creased parental self-efficacy, reduced levels of dysfunc-tional parenting (laxness, over-reactivity and verbosity), parental anger, depression, stress, marital conflict and work stress (Ireland, Sanders, & Markie-Dadds, 2003).
, 2008; Markie-Dadds, Sand- ers, & Turner, 1999; Sanders & McFarland, 2000; Zu-brick, Silburn, Burton, & Blair, 2000; Sanders, Kirby, Tellegen, & Day, 2014).