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The purpose of thisstudy was to determine the effectiveness of couple communication patternstraining on the performance of families with ADHD children.60 parents whosechildren were suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder werechosen randomly. Then, the samples wererandomly divided into two groups:control group (30 participants) and experimental group (30 participants). Theexperimental group received 7 treatment sessions. Both groups filled out theFamily Performance Questionnaire in thepretest and the posttest. The data wereanalyzed by statistical methods (covariance analysis).The results showed thatthe couple communication patterns training leaded to enhancement of familyperformance and its subtitles such as, emotional involvement, role playing,problem solving, emotional support, behavioral control, and the overallperformance (P<0.05). The present study showed that the couple communicationpatterns training to parents could significantly enhance the performance offamilies such as emotional involvement, role playing, problem solving,emotional support, behavioral control, and the overall performance.