The Effectiveness of Adlerian Parent Training on Change of parenting styles of parents with Children Suffering from Attention- Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Adlerian parent training on the change of parenting styles of parents with children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-and-post test and follow up design with control group. A total of 30 parents whose children were diagnosed with a diagnostic and statistical diagnostic manual for psychiatric disorders (2013), were selected by available sampling and randomly assigned to two groups of experimental and control groups. The research tools were Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnostic (2013) questionnaire and Robinson parent style (2000) Inventory. parent training with Adlerian approach was accompolished in 10 sessions of 90- minutes. At the end and in follow up, the two groups of experiment and control completed the parenting style questionnaire as a post-test. data was analyzed using Repeated Measure. The results showed that this Adlerian parent training program did have a significant effect on increasing the Authoritative parenting style of mother and no father. It should also be noted that this parenting education program did not have a significant effect on authoritarian and permissive parenting style of mother and father. Accordingly we conclude that this Adlerian parent training program could change Authoritative parenting styles of mothers with Children with Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity/Disorder.