The purpose of this study was to investigate the Comparing the Incidence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder among Adolescents Living in Welfare Boarding Centers and Their Normal Counterparts. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, the statistical population includes all adolescents living in a well-being boarding school in the age group of 15 to 18 years old with normal IQ rang and their regular counterparts in Tehran. The statistical sample was selected by convenient sampling and simple random sampling method. Sample size was 52 (26 boys and 26 girls) from adolescents living in well-being boarding centers and 52 (26 boys and 26 girls) from their normal counterparts who were selected after sampling. Descriptive statistics (including mean, standard deviation,) and inferential statistics (independent t-test) were used to analyze the data. The results showed that 71% of the under-cured and 14% of the control group received attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), The results also showed that adolescents living in well-being boarding centers and their regular counterparts in attention and response control components have a significant difference, so that adolescents living in well-being boarding centers have lower scores in attention and attention control components of attention deficit disorder And hyperactivity. It is suggested that according to the results of the present study, appropriate interventions and appropriate training with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder should be presented in well-being boarding centers.
