Treatment Efficacy of Multiple Family Therapy for Chinese Families of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
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| Authors: | Joyce L. C. Ma Kelly Y. C. Lai Lily Li Li Xia |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong;2. Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | The treatment efficacy of multiple family therapy (MFT) for Chinese families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not been studied in the past. In this paper, the effect of MFT on different aspects of the lives of the parents in the experimental group (n = 61) was compared with the effect of only the psychoeducational talks on parents in the control group (n = 53). The results of a MANOVA have shown that by the time they reached the posttreatment phase, the parents who had completed the full 42 hours of the MFT program perceived their children's ADHD symptoms as being less serious and less pathological than they had originally thought compared to the parents in the control group. The effect of MFT on parent–child relationships, parenting stress, parental efficacy, hope, and perceived social support was statistically insignificant. Contributions and limitations of our study are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Treatment Efficacy Multiple Family Therapy Chinese Families Children Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Eficacia del tratamiento terapia familiar mú ltiple chinos familias niñ os trastorno por dé ficit de atenció n con hiperactividad 疗 效 多 重 家 庭 心 理 治 疗 中 国 家 庭 儿 童 注 意 力 不 足 多 动 症 |
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