IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

N.Lakshmanan; Dr.S.Rajakumari

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

PARENTAL STRESS AND FAMILY ADJUSTMENT AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACITIVITY DISORDER

N. Lakshmanan, Dr. S. Rajakumari

Abstract :

The main objective of the present research is to assess the level of parental stress, parental practices and family adjustment among children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Fourty parents of Children with ADHD and fourty one parents of children without ADHD, were selected from Cognito Academy for Slow Learners as subjects for the present research by Purposive random sampling method. The tools used were personal Data Sheet, Parental Stress Scale by Berry and Jones, 1995, Parenting and Family Adjustment Scale by Sanders & Morawska, 2010 . The entire data was collected and analysed using mean, standard deviation ANOVA and correlation. The results shows that there is a significant difference between the level of parental stress, parenting practices, parental adjustments among children with and without ADHD.