Assessment and Prioritize the Needs of Parents of Children with Attention- Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
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Abbas Abolghasemi * , Fatemeh Rahbar Karbasdehi , Ebrahim Rahbar Karbasdehi |
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Background and Purpose: Attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder is a psychiatric disorder that appears in childhood and is the most common disorders in childhood. The present study aims to assess and prioritize the needs of the parents of children with attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.
Method: The design of this descriptive research is survey. Participants of this research included all parents of the students with attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder in Rasht city in the school year 2015-2016 that 120 of them were selected by convenient sampling method. To collect data, Family Needs Scale for Iranian Families (Nasiri and Samani, 2008) was used.
Results: The results of Friedman test indicated that the most important needs of the parents of these students respectively are as follows: need for security and calmness, love, expressing love and interest of the family members in each other, good relationship and full of love and interest between the parents and children, warm and friendly relationships between the family members. Moreover, the results of Friedman test in total components showed the mental- emotional needs, psycho- educational needs, recreational entertainment needs, physical- economic needs; and bodily health needs are most important needs respectively (P< 0/001).
Conclusion: Consequently, parents of the children with attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder experience high levels of psychological distress in the parenting experience. Considering the results of this research, design of intervention plans for parents of the children with attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder based on the identified needs of this research is essential. |
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Keywords: Assessment the needs, parents, attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder |
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Special Received: 2016/07/14 | Accepted: 2016/11/4 | Published: 2017/03/18
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