Effectiveness of Child- Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) on Parenting Stress and Child- Parent Relationship of Mothers of Children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of child-parent relation therapy on parenting stress and child- parent relationship of mothers of children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. The statistical population was whole mothers of the children with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder who referred to the psychological clinic in Ardebil city whom 30 of them were selected using convenience sampling method and assigned randomly in experimental (n=15) and control group (n=15). The research was quasi-experimental study, included pretest, posttest and follow-up with control group. Subjects were measured by Abidin Parenting Stress Index- short form (1983) and Pianta Child-Parent Relationship Scale (1994). The experimental group participated in 10 sessions (60 minutes) of parent – child relationship therapy and the control group didn’t receive any intervention. Follow up was done after a month and a half. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results indicated that child- parent relationship therapy (CPRT) made a significant difference between the two groups in terms of their means scores in parenting stress and child- parent relationship (p < 0/05). The results showed that therapy based on the parent-child relationship could be considered as an effective way to reduce parenting stress and promote the parent-child relationship of mothers of children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder. This finding should be used to treat mothers of children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder. The results were persistent during the follow up.