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Investigating the Effect of a Parenting Training Intervention on Parental Stress among Parents of Children with ADHD in Cape Town, South Africa
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Gould, Hannah J. Weaver, K. M. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Background and Aims: Studies indicate that parents of children with AttentionDeficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) experience higher stress levels compared to parents of children with no, or other, psychological conditions. Parental stress not only negatively affects parents, but can also exacerbate child ADHD symptomology. Literature suggests that Positive Parent-Training (PT) programmes, such as Barkley's (1990) PT, is a cost-effective and efficacious ADHD intervention. Given the unique environmental stressors that face the majority of South Africans, this study evaluated whether Barkley's PT, can reduce parental stress levels of parents who have children with ADHD in this context. Method: Our study included parents of children with ADHD. We implemented Barkley's PT over eight-weeks with a PT intervention group (n=21). Our control group, an unstructured support group (n=9), met for three sessions over an eight-week period. Participants were matched on SES, age, race as well as stress and child ADHD symptomatology. We assessed participants using the PSI and CBCL before and after the intervention using betweenand within-group comparisons and RCI analyses. Results: Child Distractibility and Parent Competence stress decreased for both the PT intervention and support group, however, a significant decrease was only reported for the PT intervention group. Parents in the PT intervention group reported greater improvement in some externalizing and internalizing domains post-intervention. For RCI analyses a greater proportion of individuals in the support group showed significant decreases in stress. However, this warrants further research with larger sample sizes. Findings indicate the efficacy of PT in equipping parents with skills to manage children's ADHD symptoms and decrease parental stress. The value of social support is similarly highlighted through the results. Implications: The evaluation of ADHD interventions on parental stress provides opportunities to develop and refine programs for South African use, through the experience gained by researchers and feedback received from parents. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/117/Logos/thesis/Hannah%20Gould%20and%20Kirsty%20Weaver.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Thesis |
