1M. Sc., Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Prajyoti Niketan College, Pudukkad, Trissur
2Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Prajyoti Niketan College, Pudukkad, Trissur
Online published on 30 December, 2015.
Present study aims to study the relation between child behavioral problems and parenting stress in mothers. The study was conducted in 60 mothers of children aged between 5 and 15 years. They were divided into two groups. Group 1 comprised 30 mothers of normal children (SDQ Difficulty Score <14) and group 2 consisted 30 mothers of children diagnosed with ADHD and co-morbid disruptive behavioral problems (SDQ Difficulty score >14). The data was collected using Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 1997), and Parental Stress Scale (PSS) (Berry & Jones, 1995). Analysis was done using student's ‘t’ test and product moment correlation. The results indicated that the parenting stress in mothers was positively correlated with conduct problems in children. Mothers of normal children reported more stress when their children displayed conduct problems and hyperactivity, while mothers of children diagnosed with ADHD and co-morbid disruptive behavioral problems were reported more stress when their children displayed conduct problems and peer problems.
ADHD, Conduct problems, Mothers, Parenting stress
