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Middle East Current Psychiatry
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ADHD afects 7.8% of the school‑aged population, making it one of the most common childhood
brain illnesses. It is characterized by abnormally high levels of inattention, activity, and impulsivity at a young age.
Being a parent of a child with ADHD is a real challenge, as the parents tend to be more disapproving, critical, and
provide more impulse control directions; such parenting style can have an impact on the illnesses course, accentuate
its signs and symptoms, and lead to secondary development of co‑morbid psychiatric and behavioral problems. This
makes the parent‑child efect a matter of clinical importance that needs to be carefully assessed and managed. We
aimed to estimate the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of parenting attitudes among parents having ADHD
children. This cross‑sectional study included 48 ADHD children from both sexes, aged from 6 to 12 years old, and their
parents. In our study, we applied the Stanford‑Binet Intelligence Scale 5th edition, the Conner’s Parent Rating Scale‑
revised, the parenting style as perceived by children questionnaire, and the Fahmy and El‑Sherbini questionnaire for
the measurement of socioeconomic status.
Results: Mothers of ADHD children had signiicantly lower scores of over‑protections parenting style than the
fathers; the current study showed a signiicant increase in total parenting scores and warmth/support in mild ADHD
cases than in moderate and severe ones, and there is a signiicant increase in the mother’s positive parenting style
toward ADHD children with lower levels of social problems, mild cases, and older age. There is a signiicant increase
of positive parenting style toward ADHD children exerted by post graduated, professionally working, and high social
class fathers and by working mothers among rural residents and high social class mothers. There is a positive correla‑
tion between IQ and a mother’s warmth/support.
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