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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).05      10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).05      Published : Sep 2024

Psychological Wellbeing and Coping Strategies of ADHD Child Caregivers

    Psychological Well-being was discovered as a dynamic that included the subjective, Psychological, and social dimensions and health-related behaviors. A caregiver burden is the type of stress that caregivers experience because of the hurdles and challenges of caregiving.  To assess the burden of caregivers of children with ADHD and examine the psychological well-being with coping strategies.  Correlational research design with purposive sampling technique among psychological wellbeing burden and coping among caregivers of children with ADHD. Demographics are (Age, gender, education level, and marital status) with measurement of psychological well-being scale. The data were collected from Government hospitals in Lahore. Results showed that the alpha coefficient for this scale is a=.96, the caregiver Burden scale is a= .98, and the coping scale a= Burden has a negative correlation with both psychological well-being and coping. Coping has a positive correlation with psychological well-being and has negative correlation with burden.

    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Psychological Well-being, Care Giver Burden, Coping Strategies, Challenges, Behavior Problem
    (1) Ambreen Anjum
    Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Virtual University, Pakistan.
    (2) Shahbaz Sharif
    Lecturer, Department of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Jehlum Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Rashid
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Jehlum Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.