en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Background and Objective:</span></b> Multiple disabilities are associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), some with single disabilities, while others involve multiple deficits, while others display no specific impairments. This study aimed to examine how coping skills training affects emotional self-regulation in children with ADHD.</span><br> <span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Methods:</span></span></b> <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">In this study, a quasi-experimental design was used with pretests, post-tests and a control group. From October to December 2019, all pediatric ADHD patients attended the Armaghan Pediatric Clinic of the Razi Psychiatric Hospital in district 4 of Tehran, Iran were studied. Totally, 28 of them were chosen for the study using a purposive sampling method. Both groups were randomly divided into two experimental (n=14) and control (n=14) groups. The experimental group received 12 ninety-minute sessions of therapy once a week, while the control group did not receive treatment. The study instruments were a questionnaire on demographic features and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). For data analysis, SPSS 21 was used to conduct an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Findings:</span></b> Twenty-eight children aged 7-12 were evaluated for ADHD (mean=8.13&plusmn;1.20) whose diagnoses met the diagnostic criteria. The results revealed that coping skills training made significant changes in emotion regulation in pre-test and post-test in experimental group were 13.53&plusmn;2.446 and 14.00&plusmn;2.299 and in control group 13.40&plusmn;2.098 and 13.40&plusmn;1.920 , respectively (P<0.001).</span><br> <b><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:#24a3a0">Conclusion:</span></span></b> <span style="line-height:107%">The findings of this study demonstrated that coping skills training for children with ADHD resulted in improved emotional self-regulation.</span></span></span></div> Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children, Coping Skills Training, Emotional Self-Regulation 662 669 http://caspianjp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-179-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fatemeh Hassani Adelian fatemeh.hassani4578@gmail.com 10031947532846004154 10031947532846004154 No Department of Psychology, Shahr-e-Quds University, Tehran, Iran Leila Hatam Tehrani Moghadam Hatamtehrani20@gmail.com 10031947532846004155 10031947532846004155 No Department of Psychology, Naser Khosro Institute of Higher Education, Saveh, Iran Zahra Rafati Se62.rafati@yahoo.com 10031947532846004156 10031947532846004156 No Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran Maleknaz Usefi maleknaz19@gmail.com 10031947532846004157 10031947532846004157 No Department of Psychology, Hakim Toos Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran Vida Shahdadian Naeini Sahafinovin@yahoo.com 10031947532846004158 10031947532846004158 Yes Nain Branch, Islamic Azad university, Isfahan, Iran Sara Mousavi saramhasti@yahoo.com 10031947532846004159 10031947532846004159 No Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran