Marital Satisfaction amongst Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Normal Children

Objective: the aim of this study was to compare marital satisfactionbetween parents of children with attention deficit hyper activity disorder (adhd) and parents of normal children.methods: in this study we have selected 400 parents (200 parents of children with adhd and 200 parents of normal children), whose children age range was 6-18 years. data were collected using enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire, kiddie schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia present and lifetime version (k-sads-pl) and conner’s questionnaire (parent and self-report forms). for data analysis, spss software17, bivariate ?2- test, and independent t- test were used.results: the mean of marital satisfaction in parents of normal children was higher than parents of adhd children. in the bivariate ?2- test, the p value was less than 0.05, and the obtained t was more than the table-t (1.96), so it can be assumed that there is a significant difference between parents of normal children and those with adhd children in their marital satisfaction. the level of marital satisfaction (strongly agree level) was 2.8% lower among parents of adhd children compared to parents of normal children.conclusions: findings indicate that parents with adhd children have lower level of marital satisfaction than parents with normal children.