The current study investigated the relationship between various behaviors of children with ADHD and their mothers’ parenting stress. Furthermore, the study investigated the relationship of parenting stress and the psychopathological symptomatology in mothers of children with different subtypes of ADHD. The sample of the study comprised 120 children, together with their mothers, classified in two
... [Show full abstract] groups, ADHD - Combined subtype and ADHD-Inattention subtype. The results showed that mothers of children with ADHD reported positive associations between the various aspects of their children’s behaviors and their parenting stress levels, as well as positive relations between the various aspects of their parenting stress levels and different kinds of psychopathological symptoms. The findings of the present study highlight the need for further research in this area and the development of more intervention programs focused on the mothers of ADHD children.
Education Research Journal. ISSN 2026-6332 Volume (8) Issue (2): 47 – 56, February 2018