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Call For Paper : Vol 11, Issue 08, August 2024

ISSN : 2456-1304 (Online)

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Vol 11, Issue 08, August 2024

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Emotional Intelligence and Marital Adjustment among Parents of Children with ADHD

Author : Sahla Mumthaz PM 1 Dr Manjula V 2

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Date of Publication :14th May 2022

Abstract: This study aims to find out emotional intelligence and its relationship with marital adjustment among parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and how the child's level of ADHD is affecting parent’s emotional intelligence and marital adjustment. Parents completed a range of questionnaires in Kerala-wide study of 30 parents of children with ADHD. The relationship between emotional intelligence and marital adjustment and child level of ADHD were tested using correlational method. A positive correlation was found between emotional intelligence and marital adjustment among the parents and there was no effect of child’s level of ADHD on parent’s level of emotional intelligence and marital adjustment.

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