Employed Parents of Children with Mental Health Disorders: Achieving Work–Family Fit, Flexibility, and Role Quality

Comparison of Social Skills of Primary School Children With and Without Parents With Mental Disorders

Introduction: Social skills are considered to be one of the important factors in the success or failure of every individual in a society. The present study was designed to determine the social skills of primary school children with and without parents of mental disorders.  Methods: In this research 60 kids between 6-12 years were selected using available sampling method, who had parents with m...

Collaboration Between Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Mental Health Professionals

Comparing the Parenting Role Tasks in Parents of Children with Mental/Physical Disabilities

Background The role of parents during childhood is very important. Imbalances in parenting roles may cause severe emotional and physical injuries in children. The current study aimed at comparing parenting role tasks in parents of children who affected to mental/physical disabilities. Materials and Methods In the current cross sectional study, the parenting role tasks questionnaire was complet...

The Effects of Individual and Group Training on General Health and Stress of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Objectives: This study compared the effects of individual and group training on general health and stress of parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Methods: A sample of 75 parents of children referring to Autistic Children Foundation (including 50 parents in two experimental groups and 25 parents in control group) was taken into account. Sample parents were selected through Acce...

Evaluation of Family Functioning of Children with Mental Disorders

Aims: Mental disorders are not only causing psychiatric patients incompetence, but also affect their families strongly and disrupt their performance. The purpose of this study is to identify the characteristics and functioning of families of children with mental disorders (developmental disorders, emotional internalization, disruptive behavior, and drive out disorder). Instrument & Methods: Th...