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Treatment Efficacy of Multiple Family Therapy for Chinese Families of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Author(s) -
Ma Joyce L. C.,
Lai Kelly Y. C.,
Xia Lily Li Li
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/famp.12297
Subject(s) - multivariate analysis of variance , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , psychology , clinical psychology , family therapy , developmental psychology , psychiatry , machine learning , computer science
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.