Predict academic performance of student with Attention Deficit /Hyperactivity by stress and parental approach

The aim of present study was to predict academic performance of students with ADHD based on the stress and parental approach. Method of the present study is corelational. The study population were included all third grade students with ADHD in school year (91-92) of Hamadan and 50 subjects among them were selected by using available sampling as a participating in the study. For screening and data collection, were used family-school questionnaire (Midget, 2000), parent Conner’s rating scale (Connors, 1998 ) Parental Stress Scale (Barry and Jones, 1995), the Raven Intelligence Scale for children and self-made academic performance test. descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation and inferential statistical such as correlation and stepwise regression analysis was used to analyze of data. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between academic performance of students with ADHD and parent’s instrument approach but parental stress and parent’s controlling approach are significant negative correlation with academic performance of their children. The results showed that parental stress and parent’s controlling approach could have significantly to predict the academic performance of students with ADHD. Parental stress was also the best predictor of their academic performance. The findings indicate that although child with ADHD could have many challenges for parents however with educating parents and get help from counselors and psychologists can improve relations between children and parents and helped them to achieve better academic results