Treatment Efficacy of Multiple Family Therapy for Chinese Families of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Issue 2 (30th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ma, Joyce L. C.; Lai, Kelly Y. C.; Xia, Lily Li Li
• Is Part Of: Family process. Volume 57:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 399
• Page End: 414
• Publication Date: 2017-05-30
• Subjects: Treatment Efficacy -- Multiple Family Therapy -- Chinese -- Families -- Children -- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Eficacia del tratamiento -- terapia familiar múltiple -- chinos -- familias -- niños -- trastorno por déficit de atención 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; Family psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Families -- Periodicals; 616.8915
• DOI: 10.1111/famp.12297
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0014-7370

Abstract

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.