The Resiliency of Parents with Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Coronavirus Quarantine: A Qualitative Research

Although quarantine is necessary and unavoidable to maintain people's health against infectious diseases, it can cause psychological problems in people, especially parents of children with behavioral problems. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to analyze the resilience of parents with children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in quarantine.

The present study was a qualitative phenomenological study. The research community included parents of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder referred to psychological clinics in Tehran, how had the experience of living in quarantine during the Coronavirus pandemic crisis in 2021. The number of 8 parents was selected using the purposeful sampling method until complete information saturation was reached. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis technique used for data analysis.

Data analysis from the interviews were extracted and classified into 4 main themes (psychological exhaustion, multiple conflicts, dysregulated mood, aggravated cognitive-behavioral problems) and 19 sub-themes.

This study showed that the experience of quarantine life during the Coronavirus disease pandemic can negatively affect the resiliency of parents with children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Therefore, experts and psychologists are advised to take effective measures in this field.