The relationship between family emotional climate and cognitive emotion regulation with symptoms of attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder in students

Background & Purpose: Stressful situations in the family environment and failure to cognitively regulate emotion can play a role in causing attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adolescents. Therefore, paying attention to these cases can prevent disorders such as attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between family emotional climate and cognitive emotion regulation with symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Materials & Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlational. The study population included all secondary school students in Amol. The sample size was 200 people who were selected through random sampling method. Research data were collected using the Emotional Relationships Scale of Family Members (Hilburn, 1964), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski et al, 2001) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Scale. The collected data were analyzed by Pearson correlation test and multiple regression (P>0/05). Results: Findings showed that there is a significant negative relationship between family emotional climate and positive emotion regulation strategies of with symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and a negative and significant relationship between negative emotion regulation strategies of and symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, findings indicate that the family emotional climate and cognitive regulation of emotion play a role in the symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Therefore, in the treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, the family emotional climate can be considered and intervened. Also in the treatment of these children, teaching cognitive regulation strategies should be considered by therapists.