en مطالعات روش‌شناختی methodology in rehabilitation پژوهشي Original Research Articles <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives</strong>: To determine the role of child factors in the prediction of parental attitudes toward children and adolescents with CP in Iran.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: The cross-sectional study design was used. A total of 152 children and adolescents with CP aged 7-17 years (Mean&plusmn;SD = 10.93&plusmn;3.46) with a mother aged at least 25 years were selected, using a systematic random sampling method. The Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation questionnaire was used to assess the parental attitude. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses were performed to determine the predictive role of child factors (eg, age, gender, type of CP, dependency in gross and fine motor functions, and IQ) in parental attitudes.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: Overindulgence and overprotection attitudes were the most common attitudes among mothers. The acceptance attitude was best predicted by the type of CP (r2=0.151). Diplegia, being fully dependent in gross motor functions, and adolescence predicted greater overprotection attitude (r2=0.101). Girls were predicted to be treated more overindulgent (r2=0.045). Femininity predicted lesser rejection attitude while being fully dependent in fine motor functions predicted greater rejection attitude (r2=0.006).<br> <strong>Discussion</strong>: Child factors influence only a small proportion of parental attitudes toward children and adolescents with CP. Contrary to expectation, child factors, including the child&rsquo;s disability status, are not the most prominent determinants of the parental attitudes toward children and adolescents with CP in Iran.</div> Child, Adolescent, Cerebral Palsy, Attitude, Child Rearing 319 330 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-659-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Alireza Amiri Amiri198OT@gmail.com 0000-0002-6600-2549 No Physiotherapy Research Center, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Minoo Kalantari Mn_Kalantari@yahoo.com 0000-0002-2625-4397 Yes Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mehdi Rezaee ARezaee2003@yahoo.com 0000-0002-7039-520X No Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban Akbarzad@gmail.com 0000-0002-0961-1874 No Physiotherapy Research Center, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Farzad Gharebashloo Farzad.Gharebashloo@gmail.com 0000-0002-3258-6101 No Physiotherapy Research Center, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.