Evaluation of mood and behavior, in primary school children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during the outbreak of COVID-19: A qualitative study

This aim was to design the structural model of academic enthusiasm based on self-regulatory strategy with the mediation of emotional intelligence of all high school students in Marivan. The research was conducted by correlational analysis and structural model analysis and the statistical population included all second year high school students in the academic year of 2019-2020 in Marivan city. The sample group consisted of 330 people (174 boys, 156 girls) who were random Multi-stage cluster sampling was selected. To collect research data, the 15-item Academic Enthusiasm Questionnaire (Fredricks, Blumenfeld & Paris, 2004), the 27-item Walters Motivational Self-Regulation Questionnaire (Wolters, 1999) and the Siberia Shering Intelligence Questionnaire (Siberia Shering, 1996) were use.  The psychometric properties of these tools were examined in the current study and their suitability was ensured.  Results The results showed that emotional intelligence and motivational self-regulation strategy mediated by indirect intelligence affect academic enthusiasm and in general both variables explain 0.42 of changes in academic enthusiasm. The results show that a combination of motivational self-regulation and academic intelligence can be effective in increasing students' academic enthusiasm