The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on parent-child conflict and peer rejection in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on parent-child conflict and peer rejection in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The present study method is a semi-experimental and applied study that was conducted with a pre-test-post-test research design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Sari in 2014. The research sample was 30 people selected using purposive sampling and were placed in two experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) groups. The research tools included the Fine, J. Moreland, and Andershobel Parental Conflict Questionnaire (1983) and the Tahmasian Peer Rejection Test (2005) along with the Shahriar Doost Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy Intervention Protocol (2015). Descriptive and inferential statistics including multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to analyze the data, and all statistical operations were performed using SPSS 27 software. The findings of the study showed that cognitive-behavioral play therapy is effective on parent-child conflict in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The effect of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on peer rejection in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was also confirmed. Finally, the results showed that cognitive-behavioral play therapy is effective on parent-child conflict and peer rejection in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.