Predicting Parental Stress in Mothers of Children with Behavioral Problems Based on Perfectionism Mediated by Psychological Flexibility

The present study aimed to predict parental stress in mothers of children with behavioural problems based on perfectionism with the mediation of psychological flexibility. The research method was a descriptive correlational type and the statistical population of the present study included all elementary school students in Tehran in the fall of ۱۴۰۲, from which ۳۰۰ mothers were selected by convenience sampling. The research tools included the Achenbach Child Behavior Disorder Inventory, the Parental Stress Questionnaire, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-Second Edition, and the Kaburi Multidimensional Perfectionism Cognitive Inventory. The present study's data were analyzed using the structural equation modelling method. In the present study, the results showed that the obtained fit indices support the acceptable fit of the structural model of the study with the collected data. Parental stress in mothers of children with behavioural problems is predicted based on perfectionism (P=۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۴۸۷). Parental stress in mothers of children with behavioural problems is predicted by psychological flexibility (P=۰.۰۰۱, β=-۰.۵۰۱). Parental stress in mothers of children with behavioural problems is predicted by perfectionism with the mediation of psychological flexibility (P=۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۲۰۶).The present study aimed to predict parental stress in mothers of children with behavioural problems based on perfectionism with the mediation of psychological flexibility. The research method was a descriptive correlational type and the statistical population of the present study included all elementary school students in Tehran in the fall of ۱۴۰۲, from which ۳۰۰ mothers were selected by convenience sampling. The research tools included the Achenbach Child Behavior Disorder Inventory, the Parental Stress Questionnaire, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-Second Edition, and the Kaburi Multidimensional Perfectionism Cognitive Inventory. The present study's data were analyzed using the structural equation modelling method. In the present study, the results showed that the obtained fit indices support the acceptable fit of the structural model of the study with the collected data. Parental stress in mothers of children with behavioural problems is predicted based on perfectionism (P=۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۴۸۷). Parental stress in mothers of children with behavioural problems is predicted by psychological flexibility (P=۰.۰۰۱, β=-۰.۵۰۱). Parental stress in mothers of children with behavioural problems is predicted by perfectionism with the mediation of psychological flexibility (P=۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۲۰۶).