Relation between Care Burden, Parenting Style and Resilience among Caregivers of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Abstract

Background: Lack of attention and support is causing detrimental physical and emotionalimpacts among caregivers of children with mental health issues like Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Caregivers of individuals with ADHD bear a heavyemotional, social, and financial strain. Resilience and parenting approaches are crucial forimproving the functioning of families with children who have ADHD. Aim of the study: Toevaluate the relation between care burden, parenting style and resilience among caregiversof children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Research design: A descriptivecorrelative research design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: The studywas performed at children and adolescent outpatient clinic of Minia hospital for psychiatrichealth and addiction treatment Sample: A Convenience sample of 100 caregivers with theirchildren was involved in this research. Tools: tool (I) A structured interview questionnairecovering the demographic characteristics of the studied parents, and their children, tool (II)Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI), tool (III)Parenting Styles Questionnaire and tool(IV)Resilience Scale for Adults. Results: More than three quarter of caregivers had highburden, two thirds of the caregivers had moderate resilience and authoritative parenting stylewas highly used by the majority of the studied parents. Conclusion: It was concluded thattotal burden has a significant positive correlation with authoritative as well as permissivestyle, while there was a significant negative correlation with resilience as well asauthoritarian style Recommendations: Counseling services of caregivers and their childrenwith ADHD will be needed.