فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

INTRODUCTION: Conduct disorder is among the most serious and complex complications in schoolaged children. Considering severe problems in the families of children with conduct disorder, thisarticle aimed to investigate such problems in this group.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This qualitative research was conducted on 23 participants in Tehran,Iran. The study participants were selected by purposive sampling technique. Interviewees consistedof children with conduct disorder (8–12 years old), their parents, teachers, and relevant experts. Thisstudy is a qualitative research which is a content analysis. The research tools included a checklist ofquestions approved by experts. The content analysis method was used with the help of MAXQDAsoftware to analyze the obtained data.RESULTS: The findings comprised the studied families’ issues in five categories. These classesincluded the parents’ marital problems, helplessness, and inability of the family to improve conditions;inappropriate discipline approaches; the family’s lack of interest in the treatment; and the familymembers’ mental harms.CONCLUSIONS: It is necessary to provide appropriate facilities and health-care centers for thefamilies to reduce the burden of their problems. In addition, a specialist and experienced work teamconsisting of at least a child psychiatrist, a child psychologist, and a social worker is necessary toserving these families.