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Considering the high psycho-social burden of having a child with attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and the importance of resilience in their mothers, the aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between resilience and distress tolerance in mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms by considering the mediating role of cognitive flexibility and difficulty in emotion regulation. The research method was correlation with path analysis method. The statistical population included all mothers of children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms who referred to psychological clinics in Tehran, 426 of which answered the questionnaires by available sampling, and finally 400 packages of questionnaires were analyzed after the screening processes. questionnaires were Connor and Davidson’s resilience (2003), Simons & Gaher’s distress tolerance (2005), Martin and Rubin’s cognitive flexibility (1995) and Gratz’s difficulty in emotion regulation. results showed that distress tolerance directly (β = 0.244, p < 0.01) and indirectly (β = 0.240, p < 0.01) by the mediation of cognitive flexibility and difficulty in emotion regulation affects resilience and the proposed model has sufficient fitness (IFI, NFI, CFI, GFI > 0.9 and SRMR, RMSEA < 0/08). Results of the present study can be considered as a theoretical and practical model for understanding the relationship between resilience and distress tolerance in mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms by considering the mediating variables of cognitive flexibility and difficulty in emotion regulation.

Considering emotional issues in theory of mind deficits in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the important fields of research, so purpose present study was to investigate relationship between theory of mind and emotional dyslexia in children with attention deficit hyperactivity Signs by considering mediating role of emotion regulation and emotional intelligence. Research method was correlation with path analysis model. The statistical population of research was all children suffering from attention-deficit-hyperactivity Signs who referred to psychological clinics in Tehran, by available sampling 400 of them were given research questionnaires, including Theory of Mind Questionnaire (Stirman, 1994), the Toronto Alexithymia scale (Rieffe et al., 2006), emotion regulation (Gross et al., 2003) and emotional intelligence (Schutte et al., 1998). Finally, hypothetical model of research was consistent with data, which provides a good fit of model and showed that Emotional dyslexia affects theory of mind both directly (p<0.01, β=0.273) and through mediation of emotional intelligence and emotion regulation (p<0.01, β=0.387). The results of research showed that emotional dyslexia can predict theory of mind in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder both directly and through mediation of two variables of emotion regulation and emotional intelligence. Results of present study can be used as a model to explain emotional components in deficiency in theory of mind in this context.

the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Hatha yoga practice on reducing self-harm and other-harm behavior in children with autism.

 The method of the current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test research design with a control group, and in terms of its purpose, it was a part of applied research. The statistical population included 51 children aged 5 to 12 with autism disorder in the education and rehabilitation centers for exceptional children in Saqqez city in the spring and summer of 2016. According to the available sampling method, the number of samples was 24 people who were appointed by simple random sampling in two groups of 12 people, control and experimental, and were subjected to an exercise program 3 times a week for 14 weeks and each session included 45 minutes. And they responded to Gilliam's autism diagnostic test and Rojan et al.'s list of behavioral problems (2001). Data analysis was done using univariate covariance test.

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The results showed that the yoga training program reduced self-harm behaviors and other-harm behaviors (P<0.05) in the experimental group, but there was no significant effect on stereotyped behaviors.

 Considering that autistic children have a low level of physical fitness, it is necessary to use the yoga training program in their educational and leisure programs.