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Edith Cowan University

1994

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Raising School-Age Children With Attention Deficit Disorder (Adhd): Effects On Mothers, Pearl Proud Jan 1994

Raising School-Age Children With Attention Deficit Disorder (Adhd): Effects On Mothers, Pearl Proud

Theses : Honours

The study used mothers of children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) Type I and Type II or a combination of both to investigate whether support group membership was beneficial to the mothers in terms of stress, self -efficacy and perceived social support. A accidental and purposive sample of 143 subject with an age range of 21 to 50 participated in the study. The participants completed a questionnaire which comprised a stress measure, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), the General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES), and the Parental Support Scale (PSS) which has the Satisfaction with Perceived Social Support and the Network Size …