Factors Associated with Psychological Flexibility of Caregiver of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Northeast Region of Thailand
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Objective: This descriptive correlational research design aims to examine the relationships between knowledge, attitude, Thum-jai (acceptance), mental health problems (depression, anxiety, and stress), and psychological flexibility of family caregivers of children with ADHD.
Methods: The family caregivers of children with ADHD (n = 250) responded to the following research instruments: Sociodemographic data questionnaire, Knowledge about ADHD questionnaire, Attitude about ADHD questionnaire, The Thum-jai (acceptance) Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-ll) measuring psychological flexibility. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficients were used to analyze the normally distributed data (n = 235).
Results: Knowledge (r = .015, p = .821) and attitude (r = -.057, p = .382) of family caregivers of children with ADHD were not statistically correlated with psychological flexibility. Thum-jai (acceptance) (r = .156, p = .016) was positively and significantly correlated with psychological flexibility whereas mental health problems by focusing on depression (r = -.483, p ≤.001), anxiety (r = -.574, p ≤.001), and stress (r = -.434, p ≤.001) were negatively and significantly correlated with psychological flexibility of family caregivers of children with ADHD.
Conclusion: The results reflect the expected relationships between variables for family caregivers of children with ADHD based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
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