AUTHOR=Angeline Jonah , Rathnasabapathy Maya 

TITLE=Understanding women’s suffering and psychological well-being: exploring biopsychosocial factors in mothers of children with ADHD – a case study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1279499

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1279499

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Overview</title><p>Parents play a dynamic part in child development. Mothers have a great responsibility towards the upbringing child. Previous research has demonstrated that parenting stress levels are high among Parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Aim</title><p>Parenting stress affects the psychological well-being of the mother. It is necessary to identify the factors that affect psychological well-being based on Biopsychosocial factors, including biological, psychological, and social factors.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Methodology</title><p>An in-depth case study was conducted with the mother of a 7-year-old child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Results</title><p>The mother lacks self-efficacy and low perceived social support in. Equipping themselves and building up the knowledge on handling the child and training the child with the developmental disorder increase parenting self-efficacy. Support from family, partner, and society will help them strengthen themselves and may have high psychological support.</p></sec>