پژوهان (Jun 2024)
Comparing the Effectiveness of Social-Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) and Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) on Parenting Stress, in 6 to 12-Year-old Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Abstract
Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study is comparing the Effectiveness of Social-Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) and Parent Effective Training (PET) on Parenting-Stress, in 6-12-Year-old Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Materials and Methods: The research method was semi-experimental and a pre-test-post-test design was used with a control-group. The statistical population of this research was all male and female students aged 6-12 with ADHD in Isfahan who were studying in the academic year of 2021-2022.The research sample consisted of 48 parents and students with ADHD who were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Each package consisted of 8 treatment sessions for children and parents, which was package (SEAL) for children and package (PET) for parents. To analyze the data at the descriptive level, frequency tables and graphs and percentages of frequency, average and standard-deviation were calculated, and at the inferential level, univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance tests were used. Results: The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the average scores of the experimental and control groups before and after the intervention at the P<0.05 level. The parenting-stress scores in the experimental-group of the SEAL training-package were lower than the PET-group and the control-group. There is no significant difference between the parenting-stress scores of the two packages in the post-test and follow-up stages. Conclusion: The results showed that the parenting-stress after the intervention in the experimental-group is lower than in the control-group, and the educational programs reduced the parenting-stress.
