افسانه رجب زاده مقدم

To determine the effectiveness of the cognitive emotion regulation program on reducing destructive marital exchanges and reducing the use of corporal punishment in mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This research is a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research is mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who have already been diagnosed by a doctor and are studying in public elementary schools in Tabriz city in the academic year of ۲۰۲۳-۲۰۲۴. Out of the total target population, there are ۲۰ mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Purposive sampling was selected and in two groups, ۱۰ of them were given the cognitive emotion regulation training program as the experimental group. and another ۱۰ of these mothers who were not exposed to the independent variable as a control group. The data were collected using a physical questionnaire and as a pre-test and post-test from both control and experimental groups. Data analysis was done using    version ۲۷ software. The results of the hypothesis test using covariance analysis show that the cognitive emotion regulation program is effective on destructive marital exchanges and the use of corporal punishment. So that the mothers of the control group showed significantly less punitive behavior than the mothers of the experimental group in the post-test phase. Based on the results of the present study, the cognitive emotion regulation training program can be used as an approved method to reduce destructive marital exchanges and reduce the use of corporal punishment as a disciplinary behavior in mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.