Author/Authors :
Motavalli Pour, Abbas Department of Psychology - Faculty of Psychology and Education - University of Tehran - Tehran, Iran , Beh-Pajooh, Ahmad Department of Psychology - Faculty of Psychology and Education - University of Tehran - Tehran, Iran , Shokoohi-Yekta, Mohsen Department of Psychology - Faculty of Psychology and Education - University of Tehran - Tehran, Iran , Sorbi, Mohammad Hossein Department of Psychology - Faculty of Psychology - University of Urmia - Urmia, Iran , Farahzadi, Mohammad Hadi Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences - Yazd, Iran
Abstract :
Nowadays, the main focus of modern researches in the field of
ADHD has been on the area of comorbid disorders and reducing their
symptoms. In this regard, cognitive-behavioral therapies have tried to reduce
the symptoms by using methods such as self-control, problem-solving, and
social skills. Given the important role of the family, the present study
investigated the pre-assumptions of the treatment by addressing the structural
relationships between the social skills, problem-solving skills, and self-control
with the symptoms of conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorders in the
children with ADHD and the mediating role of the mother-child interaction.
Methods: This study was performed on 104 male students, fourth to sixth grade
students of the elementary schools in Yazd City, Iran. In this study, the Child
Symptom Inventory (CSI), Child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS), Problem-
Solving Inventory (PSI), Self-Control Rating Scale (SCRS), and Matson
Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY) were used. The results
were analyzed with path analysis by SPSS software version 23.
Results: Findings showed that problem-solving skills, self-control skills, social
skills, and mother-child interaction can explain 75% of the variance of CD and
71% of the variance of ODD in the model. In another section of the analysis, the
findings showed that the effect of problem-solving and self-control skills on the
mother-child interaction was significant, but the social skills had no significant
effect on the mother-child interaction. Also, the problem-solving variable can affect
the CD through the mediating variable in the mother-child interaction, and also has
a direct relationship with the current disorder but does not have a significant effect
on ODD. The self-control variable in addition to its direct relationship to disorder
can affect CD and ODD through the mother-child interaction.
Conclusion: Self-control, problem-solving, and social skills are associated with
the symptoms of behavioral disorders in the children with ADHD, and can be
used in designing cognitive-behavioral therapy packages, and also the way the
mother and child interact, is effective in this type of treatments.
Keywords :
Mother-Child Interaction , Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy , Oppositional Defiant Disorder , Conduct Disorder
