The effectivness of parent-child relationship management (CPRT) on social skills and emotional regulation of children under the age of 12 with ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in children. Children and adolescents with this diagnosis may have a range of these symptoms that fall into these three categories: neglect - Overactive and moving. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of parent-child relationship management (CPRT) on social skills and cognitive-emotional regulation in children under the age of 12 years with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).The research method was semi-experimental and the statistical population consisted of mothers of all children under the age of 12 who were suspected of having hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disorder who referred to the counseling center of education. According to Cohen table, taking into account the test power (0.80), effect size (0.50) and error rate (0.05) for each sample group, 15 were selected randomly. The instrument of the study was the Social Skills Scale, Awyrt, Lucker and the Children's Form of Gantry Cognitive Critical Adjustment. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results of the analysis for the main hypothesis showed that parent-child relationship-based therapy (CPRT) was effective on social skills and cognitive-emotional adjustment of children. The study of sub hypotheses also showed that the intervention independently improved social skills and emotional cognitive regulation.