Conclusion
As a consequence, the modified CBGT intervention offered implications
for treating ADHD symptoms, which is an area that few research studies
explored before. Additionally, both the CBGT counseling and the
conciliatory ADHD symptoms help to largely decrease parenting stress by
modeling different parenting skills. Overall, the results were
optimistic that the intervention was beneficial not solely for children
with ADHD themselves, but also for the family as a whole. Furthermore,
we achieved our primary goal of improving social adjustment abilities by
providing group counseling to facilitate the improvement of attention
level and reduction of hyperactivity of children with ADHD, so that they
can assimilate into a normal social environment.
In light of this experiment, there were certainly some limitations that
could be addressed in the future. Although the application of medication
was stopped in the last three months before participating in the study,
the effectiveness of medication on individuals would still cause
difference. It is possible that the drugs might have a continuous impact
on neurons and transmitters of these children, which made it very
difficult for us to do a pharmacodynamic analysis in terms of neurology
to detect the effect of the dose on individual’s brain and somatic
functions. Moreover, the sample size of the study was small and limited
to the Psychology Department in the hospital, so generalizing from these
two studies is quite difficult. But it would be applicable to have the
modified intervention multiple times in a year with different groups of
children and parents, which allows the sample size to grow and at the
same time offers more opportunities for children with ADHD problems to
improve their social abilities. Overall, our results show that modified
CBGT can effectively treat children with ADHD, which indicates that
further research is extremely significant in the application of such
interventions. In spite of the fact that many ADHD treatment methods
exist, CBGT intervention is an emerging concept that offers many
benefits both to children with ADHD as well as their parents. A future
topic to continue researching would be the conduct of more research on
ADHD and associated disorders using CBGT intervention.