The Treatment Efficacy of Behavioral Parent Training Group for Preschoolers with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
| Autor: | Tsung-Jen Kao, 高宗仁 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 99 Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent childhood neuro-developemntal disorder. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of the Behavioral Parent Training (BPT) group on preschool-aged children with ADHD. The efficacy evaluation in study focused on three domains of core symptoms, overall emotional and behavioral problems, and the level of discipline problems. The subjects were 31 three to six year-old children diagnosed with ADHD by child psychiatrists assigned to the BPT group (mothers attended the group treatment, n =22) or the control group (n=9). This study used the Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale (DBRS), the Child Attention Profile (CAP), the Child Behavior Check List (CBCL), and the Home Situation Questionnaire (HSQ) as evaluation tools. Mothers in the BPT group filled out the questionnaires before and after the treatments, and the control group was evaluated with the same time interval. This study used resampling statistical method to individually analyze the pre and post differences in the evaluated indices. The results showed the BPT group had significantly lower pre-test scores compared to the post-test scores in the following indices: the inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity and oppositional-defiant behavior indices of the DBRS; the inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity and total indices of the CAP; the affective problem, anxiety problem, attention deficit/hyperactivity problem, and oppositional defiant problem of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) orient scale; the anxiety-depression, withdrawal-depression, social problem, thought problem, attention problem, aggressive behavior, internal problem, external problem, and total problem of symptom scales in the CBCL; and the average behavioral severity of the HSQ. There was only pre-post significance in the affective problem scale of the CBCL in the control group. Therefore, the result of this study supported that the BPT program is effective for preschoolers with ADHD. |
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