The Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral training in anger control on Sympathy and Mental Health in Bullying Male Adolescents with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder

The purpose of the present study was to investigate The Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral training in anger control on Sympathy and Mental Health in Bullying Male Adolescents with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. This research was a quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all bullying Male Adolescents of Yazd in the academic year of 1399-1999. 30 participants were selected Withpurposive sampling method and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups (15 participants in the experimental and 15 in the control group). The research tool was the) empathy questionnaire (Davies, 1983) and General Health questionnaire (Goldberg,1972) that the experimental and control groups responded to in the pre-test and post-test stages. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. Results showed that the effect of cognitive-behavioral training on anger control on empathy and mental health of bullying boys students with ADHD (P <0.001). It is recommended that educational centers and schools as well as schools use this treatment to reduce the problems of overactive and bullying students.