%0 Journal Article %T The Role of Emotional processing in Predicting Adaptability in Female Students Diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder %A Soheila NAJAFI %J - %D 2018 %X This study aimed to determine the Emotional processing in the prediction of adjustment in female students with symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder. In this descriptive-correlational study, the population consisted of all female high school students with symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder in the city of Ardabil. The sample was a group of 180 female high school students with high scores on the Oppositional Defiant Disorder Checklist. Data were collected through the Emotional processing - Short Form, the Adjustment Inventory for School Students and the Oppositional Defiant Disorder Checklist and analyzed via Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The results indicated a significant relationship between Emotional processing and the adjustment level of students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (r=-0.32, p>0.001). Furthermore, the results of multiple regression analysis showed that %7.7 of variances in the students¡¯ adjustment level could be predicted by their Emotional processing indicating the low predictive power of Emotional processing for the determination of the adjustment level of students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder %K disorder %U http://dergipark.org.tr/sbyy/issue/38224/433269