Effect of Mother's Emotion Regulation Strategies Training on the Symptoms of Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Background: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) as the most common behavioral disorder of childhood, can affect all aspects of a child’s life and their families. the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mother's emotion regulation strategies training on the symptoms of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. materials and methods: we conducted a quasi-study among mothers with adhd children (ranged age between 4 and 12 years) in the pediatric clinic of ibn-e-sina psychiatric hospital, affiliated to the mashhad university of medical sciences, iran. forty-four eligible mothers were randomly allocated to one of two parallel groups; the intervention group (n = 22) was trained for the emotion regulation (eight 90-minute sessions), and control group (n = 22). the conner’s parents rating scales-revised short version (cprs-r: s) was administered to assess symptoms of adhd children by mothers. the data were analyzed using spss software (version 16.0). results: the mean value of mothers’ age was 34.7 ± 4.1 years in intervention group and 37.2 ± 6.4 years in control group. the results of independent t- test revealed no significant difference in mean of hyperactivity scores between the two groups before intervention (p>0.05), and a significant difference immediately and one month after the intervention (p<0.05). one-way anova test results showed that the intervention group was significantly different in terms of hyperactivity scores in three different times (p = 0.007). conclusion: finding of this study showed that mother's emotion regulation strategies training can be effective in reducing hyperactivity scores in children with adhd.