The effectiveness of teaching cognitive emotion regulation strategies on parental stress and marital satisfaction in parents of children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of teaching cognitive emotion regulation strategies on parenting stress and marital satisfaction in parents of children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder. The experimental research method was pretest-posttest with a control group and the statistical population included all parents with a child with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder in Tehran. The statistical sample consisted of 30 people who were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups of 15 people. Both groups answered the questionnaires of parental stress and marital satisfaction on two occasions. The experimental group then received 8 sessions of training on cognitive emotion regulation strategies, but the control group did not receive any treatment. The obtained data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance. The overall results showed that teaching cognitive emotion regulation strategies has an effect on parental stress and its dimensions, ie parental confusion, dysfunctional parent-child interaction, difficult child hobbies, and marital satisfaction of parents with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder.According to the research findings, it can be concluded that teaching cognitive emotion regulation strategies reduces parental stress and improves marital satisfaction in parents of children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder.