The Effectiveness of Mindful Parenting Education on Child Behavior's Problems and Parenting Stress among Mothers with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindful parenting education on child’s behaviour problems and parenting stress among mothers with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children whose age ranged from 6 to 13 in Isfahan. The population included all ADHD 6 – 13 year olds’ mothers who referred to clinical and counselling centers of Isfahan in summer and autumn in 2015. The design of the study was quasi-experimental or more specifically pre-test, post-test control group design. Thus, 20 mothers of ADHD children were selected through available sampling technique and were randomly divided in two groups of experimental and control (10 for each). Participants completed two questionnaires including Child Behavior Checklist (Aachen Bach, 1991) and Parenting Stress (Aybydyn and Solis, 1991). The treatment, namely mindful parenting education was administered to the experimental group in 8 sessions over 8 weeks. The results of the multivariate covariance analysis of data indicated that, in post-test, mindful parenting education was effective in reducing behavioral disorders of children and in reducing parenting stress within child and parent domain. This was also persistent significantly in one month follow up stage (P