The effectiveness of child-parent relationship-based therapy (CPRT) on improving parenting styles of mothers of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of parent-child relationship therapy in improving the parenting styles of mothers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The current research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all mothers with children aged 7 to 12 with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder who were referred to the psychological clinic of Ardabil city in 2020. Thirty people were selected by the available sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The data was collected using Bamrind's parenting styles questionnaire. In the experimental group, treatment based on the parent-child relationship was implemented for ten 60-minute sessions, and the control group was not subjected to intervention. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that the treatment based on the parent-child relationship on the parenting styles of mothers of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was effective on the parenting styles of these mothers. In addition, it significantly improved parenting styles. According to the research findings, it is possible to use parent-child relationship therapy to improve the parenting styles of mothers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.