The Effect of Family-Oriented Cognitive Rehabilitation Program on Attention and Emotion Regulation of Children with ADHD

Attention and emotion regulation issues are considered among the major problems of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of family-oriented cognitive rehabilitation program on attention and emotion regulation of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

The current research is a semi-experimental study. The statistical population includes all children aged 8-12 with combined ADHD currently living in Sanandaj city, of which 40 children were randomly placed in two groups (20 each) based on convenience sampling. Initially, the participants completed the Digit Span Test and Shields and Cicchetti’s Emotion Regulation Checklist (1997). Having gone through cognitive rehabilitation training for the intervention group, the two groups were reevaluated and the obtained results were analyzed by SPSS26 software through covariance analysis method.

The results showed that the family-oriented cognitive rehabilitation program improved the attention and emotional regulation of children with ADHD at a significant level (P<0.05).

Based on the results, it is concluded that the family-oriented cognitive rehabilitation program can be employed for children with ADHD in the fields of attention and emotion regulation.