The present study compared mothers’ stress and the behavioral/emotional problems of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and children with typical development (TD). Furthermore, the relationships among the mothers’ stress, the children’s behavioral/emotional problems, and the mothers’ coping strategies in both groups were identified. The contribution of behavioral/emotional problems to parenting stress in children with ADHD was also studied through mediation effects of the mothers’ coping strategies. The parenting stress, coping orientation to problems, and strengths and difficulties questionnaires were administered to 72 mothers of children from 7 to 11 years old: 35 with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD and 37 with typical development. The comparison analyses showed that the mothers’ stress and the behavioral/emotional problems of their children were significantly higher in the group with ADHD than in the group without ADHD. Correlation analyses revealed different correlation patterns in the two groups, with behavioral/emotional problems significantly associated with parenting stress and with the disengagement and cognitive reframing coping reported by the mothers of children with ADHD. In addition, the disengagement coping strategy was a significant mediator in the relationship between behavioral/emotional problems and mothers’ stress, according to the mediation analysis. The findings illustrate the need to include training in both behavioral strategies and coping strategies in counseling in order to help mothers buffer the impact of stress. This work is supported by the project PSI2016‐78109 (AEI/FEDER, UE) and by University of Valencia UV‐INV‐PREDOC15‐265889.

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多动症儿童的母亲压力以及行为和情感问题。应对策略的调解

本研究比较了母亲的压力和注意力缺陷多动障碍儿童（ADHD）和典型发育儿童（TD）的行为/情绪问题。此外，还确定了两组母亲的压力，孩子的行为/情绪问题以及母亲的应对策略之间的关系。行为/情绪问题对多动症儿童父母压力的影响也通过母亲应对策略的调节作用进行了研究。对72名7至11岁儿童的母亲进行了育儿压力，对问题的应对方式以及优势和困难问卷：35名临床诊断为ADHD的儿童和37名典型发育的儿童。对比分析表明，多动症组的母亲的压力和孩子的行为/情绪问题明显高于无多动症组的母亲。相关性分析显示两组之间的相关性模式不同，行为/情感问题与父母的压力，与多动症儿童母亲的离婚和认知重构应对显着相关。此外，根据调解分析，离婚应对策略是行为/情绪问题与母亲压力之间关系的重要调解者。研究结果表明，需要在咨询中包括行为策略和应对策略方面的培训，以帮助母亲缓解压力的影响。