The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program in improving self-management skills and reducing social anxiety in hyperactive adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Sayadi, Arshida; Houshmand, Fatemeh; Hashemi, Seyedeh Reyhaneh; Sotvar, Tara; Barekat, Arsalan

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Sayadi A, Houshmand F, Hashemi S R, Sotvar T, Barekat A. The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program in improving self-management skills and reducing social anxiety in hyperactive adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Research in psychological health 2025; 19 (2)
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The effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program in improving self-management skills and reducing social anxiety in hyperactive adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Arshida Sayadi

, Fatemeh Houshmand

, Seyedeh Reyhaneh Hashemi

, Tara Sotvar

, Arsalan Barekat¹

1- , arsalan.br@gmail.com

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescence is associated with persistent deficits in self-regulation, poor self-management skills, and increased social-emotional problems, including social anxiety. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program on self-management skills and social anxiety in adolescents with ADHD. The study was conducted in a quasi-experimental manner with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up. The study population included adolescents aged 13 to 15 years with this disorder, 30 of whom were selected using a convenience method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in eight 90-minute sessions of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program, while the control group was on a waiting list. The research instruments included the Adolescent Self-Management Questionnaire and the Adolescent Social Anxiety Scale, which were administered in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. Data were analyzed using repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance. The results showed that the implementation of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program significantly increased self-management skills and significantly reduced social anxiety in the experimental group compared to the control group, and these effects remained largely stable at the two-month follow-up. Based on the findings, the mindfulness-based stress reduction program can be used as a complementary and effective intervention in improving cognitive-behavioral functions and reducing social-emotional problems in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Keywords: mindfulness-based stress reduction, self-management skills, social anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, adolescents