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General health, sense of coherence and coping styles in parents participating in Workshops for Parents of Hyperactive Children.
Psychiatr Pol. 2019 Apr 30;53(2):419-432
Authors: Pisula A, Bryńska A, Wójtowicz S, Srebnicki T, Wolańczyk T
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The assessment of changes in the general health, sense of coherence and stress coping styles in parents of children and adolescents with ADHD, participating in 12-week Workshops for Parents of Hyperactive Children.
METHODS: The experimental group included 186 mothers and 139 fathers (parents of 199 children); the reference group included 23 mothers and 19 fathers (parents of 24 children), attending 1-2 standard medical visits within a 12-week period (treatment as usual). Parents from both groups were assessed twice using (1) the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), (2) the Life Orientation Questionnaire (SOC-29), and (3) the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS).
RESULTS: (1) The experimental group showed a significant improvement in the severity of somatic symptoms and anxiety/insomnia in mothers and the general well-being of mothers and fathers. We observed the influence of workshops on manageability and reduction of the emotion-oriented coping in mothers; (2) the participation in the workshops was associated with a statistically significant effect (mostly moderate) in relation to general health of mothers, while TAU was mostly associated with a low or insignificant effect.
CONCLUSIONS: The assessed form of interventions improves the functioning of parents of children with ADHD.
PMID: 31317967 [PubMed – in process]
via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31317967?dopt=Abstract