Comparison of Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Cold and Hot Executive Functions in Female Students with and without Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Abstract

Comparison of Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Cold and Hot Executive Functions in Background and Purpose: Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a common clinical disorder in children and adolescents. Children and adolescents with ODD have some deficiencies in emotion and cognition. The purpose of this study was to compare cognitive emotion regulation and cold and hot executive functions in female children with and without ODD. Method: This research was a causal-comparative study. The population consisted of all female middle school students with and without ODD in Shiraz during the 1 st semester of 2019- 2020 academic year. The study sample included 60 female students (30 students with ODD and 30 normal students). The participants were selected by random cluster sampling, based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Oppositional Defiant Disorder Rating Scale) ODDRS); Hommersen, Murray, Ohan & Johnston, 2006), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ; Gross & John, 2003), Wisconsin card Sorting Task (WCST; Shahgholian,