The parents with whom I have worked have told me time and time again that managing their children with ADHD’s inappropriate behavior has caused them considerable stress that has impacted their relationship with everyone else in their family, as well as with their friends.
In a recent study of 706 children aged between 10-12 and their parents over five years, researchers used theories of how parents perceived their power as well as to what they attributed their children’s behavior, in order to develop a model for understanding parents’ reactions to their children’s HIA.
The following measures were used:
· Measures of children’s HIA
· Children’s lack of responsiveness to correction
· Parents’ perceptions of not being powerful
· Parental monitoring
· Parents’ negative behaviors toward their children
What were the results of this study?
“HIA in youths predicted increases in parents’ perceptions that their youths were unresponsive to correction, which in turn prompted parents to feel more powerless over time. Further, parents’ feelings of powerlessness were associated with increases in negative parenting behaviors over time. These results indicate a movement to more negative parenting practices over time as a result of youths’ HIA.”
What kind of stress have parents and/or teachers who follow my blog experienced? Please tell us because I am sure that your feedback would help many others.
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