The efficacy of mindfulness- based intervention on self- control and high- risk behaviors in ADHD with CD adolescents

Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. But research that examines the effectiveness of mindfulness- based intervention in people with attention deficit hyperactive with conduct disorder has been overlooked.

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness on self-control, and high-risk behaviors in adolescent's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with conduct disorder.

The study method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design including a control group and a three-month follow-up period. The statistical population consisted adolescent boys aged between 13 to 18, with ADHD + CD who had been admitted to the social emergency of the city of Shiraz in the year 2019. Twenty-six adolescents with ADHD+CD were selected based on inclusion criteria through by convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received mindfulness-based intervention (zylowska,2012). during two and a half months which included ten 90-minute sessions The questionnaires used in this study included the the Tangney self-control questionnaire, and the Iranian adolescents’ risk-taking questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS-26 software and analysis of variance with repeated measure, two-way mixed design

result showed that the differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of post-test and follow-up scores in self-control variable and high-risk behaviors were significant (P<0/05)

Based on finding of this study, training and application mindfulness-based intervention techniques can be effective in improving self-control and decrease of high-risk behaviour in adolescents with ADHD along with CD.