Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the levels of hopelessness in hyperactive and autistic children. The present study was applied in terms of objective. Also, this study was a descriptive and causal-comparative study that compared the levels of hopelessness in hyperactive and autistic children in Bandar Abbas. Hence, it was conducted to explore the differences between the levels of hopelessness in hyperactive and autistic children. The statistical population included all hyperactive and autistic children in Bandar Abbas. The sample size was determined by 30 people, who were divided into two groups of hyperactive and autism (each included 15 people). To test the hypotheses, mean difference tests were used in SPSS software. The results showed that the significance level of hopelessness variables was less than 0.05, indicating a significant difference between hyperactive and autistic children in terms of hopelessness.