en Mental Health and Substance Use Mental Health and Substance Use Original Research Original Research <p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><strong>&nbsp; Background: </strong>Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder in children that creates problems in parents-children relationships. Improving familial and social interactions of these children needs mental and social interventions, and parents&rsquo; management training (PMT) program is one of these interventions. The present study aimed at determining the effectiveness of PMT program on parent-child relationship of parents with ADHD children.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Methods:</strong> Through an experimental research, 40 parents with ADHD children were selected based on purposeful sampling. A total of 20 parents were randomly placed in intervention group and received 8 sessions of intervention course (60 minutes per session) and the other 20 parents were grouped in the control group and received no training intervention. Research tools included a researcher-designed demographics questionnaire and Parker&rsquo;s Bonding Instrument (PBI). Data were collected at pretest, posttest, and follow- up stages and analyzed using descriptive and covariance analysis.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Results: </strong>The results revealed that PMT program was significantly effective in reducing excessive support and increasing parent care index in parents with ADHD children (p<0.05).<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of the present study supported the effectiveness of PMT program on parent-child relationship of the parents with ADHD children.<br> &nbsp;</p> Parents management training program, Parents, Parent-child relationship, Mental health, Psychology, ADHD 519 524 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3119-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zahra Maddah maddah_z550@yahoo.com 200319475328460041735 200319475328460041735 No Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mahdieh Ghalenoee ghalenoee5.m@gmail.com 200319475328460041736 200319475328460041736 Yes Psychiatric Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Jamileh Mohtashami jmohtashami@yahoo.com 200319475328460041737 200319475328460041737 No Psychiatric Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Amin Pour Hoseingholi amin_phg@yahoo.com 200319475328460041738 200319475328460041738 No Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastro-enterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Roghayeh Esmaieli r.esmaieli@sbmu.ac.ir 200319475328460041739 200319475328460041739 No Geriatric Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Vahid Naseri-Salahshour vahidnaseri1994@yahoo.com 200319475328460041740 200319475328460041740 No School of Nursing and Midwifery, Arak University of Medical Science, Arak, Iran