effectiveness of parental education based on the prevention of the appearance of early maladaptive schemas on the resilience of mothers with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of parental education based on the prevention of the appearance of early maladaptive schemas on the resilience of mothers with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The research method was a quasi-experimental design with the pretest-posttest design with the control group. The population consisted of all mothers with ADHD children referred to counseling centers of Yazd city. Thirty persons of them were selected by convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Both groups were evaluated in two stages (pre-test and post-test) and completed the Conor and Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). The experimental group subjected to 10 parenting training sessions for 90 minutes, based on the prevention of the emergence of early maladaptive schemas, and the control group remained in the waiting list. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis with SPSS software. The results showed that parental education based on the prevention of the appearance of early maladaptive schemas was effective on the resilience of mothers with ADHD children.