The effectiveness parental oriented Cognitive Behavior Therapy in symptoms of Hyperactive – Attention Deficit Disorder in Male children

Abstract

Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) creates a lot of problems for many children. It has negative effects on cognitive, social, emotional, and family function and later in their adulthood it also effects their job and marriage function. The population consisted of all mothers of boy students with this disorder in primary schools in kashan. Sampling method was voluntary and sample members were randomly replaced. Among 80 mothers who referred to the centers 36 had children with ADHD (based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – forth edition and a Conner's Parent Scale) were randomly placed into 2 groups of experiment group (18 person) and control group (18person). In pre-test the Conner's Parent Scale was conducted on all mothers. The experiment group received eight sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. After sessions, Conner's Parent Scale was again conducted to both groups. Results of covariance analysis showed that symptoms of ADHD decreased in children whose mothers were in experiment group more than control group. So it can be concluded that parental oriented Cognitive Behavior Therapy is effective in reducing symptoms of children’s ADHD.

Keywords

• hyperactivity attention deficit disorder
• cognitive-behavior approach