Effectiveness of Neurofeedback on Cognitive Empathy and Cognitive Emotion Regulation in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a consistent pattern of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and behaviors which at home and society. The main aim of this study was to evaluate of Neurofeedback on cognitive empathy and cognitive emotion regulation in adolescents with ADHD. This research is an applied study and a quasi-experimental design with pretest, posttest, and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population of this study was adolescents with ADHD who referred to counseling clinics in Tehran that were selected through a purposeful convenience sampling method in 16 adolescents and randomly were assigned to two groups  (the one experimental group and one control =8)). conducted based on the alpha/theta protocol for 8 weeks, two sessions per week (30 minutes) that was a total of 16 sessions. The instrument of this study was Conner’s Adult ADHD Rating Scale - Self report form & Subscale, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and the Empathy Self-assessment Scale. To analyze the data, the descriptive statistics section of the mean, frequency, and standard deviation and inferential statistical analysis were provided to test researcheschr('39') questions and in the inferential statistics, repeated measure ANOVA was used. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the group and the control group in the pre-test and post-test in cognitive empathy and Cognitive Emotion Regulation that significant stability was observed in the follow-up <0.05). According to the results, itchr('39')s recommended that the principles and concepts of the Neurofeedback which in fact this study confirmed their impact Iranian society, should be considered as a training and executive duties for school and familieschr('39') advisers in empowerment, analysis, and interpretation in workshops and meetings so that they can use these methods to help overactive students and their families through.