The effectiveness of the computer training program on the anxiety of primary school students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a type of neurobehavioral disorder that is often associated with anxiety disorders and harms a person's performance in many areas, including academic performance, attention and concentration, and social communication. Studies have shown the role of some computer games in improving attention, processing and classifying information. The present study investigates the effectiveness of a computer training program on the anxiety of students with ADHD.

This study had a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. A sample of 30 primary school students with ADHD was selected in Tehran (2021-2022). They were selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of 20 people (experimental and control groups). Both groups performed a pre-tested, and the experimental group underwent 24 sessions of 60 minutes for three months under the intervention of a computer training program, and then for further investigation and follow-up, a follow-up test was conducted three months later for the experimental and control group. The data were analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance.

The results showed that the computer training program had a positive effect on reducing the level of anxiety of students, and it was statistically significant (p˂0.001).

According to the data, the anxiety in the in the post-test and follow-up of the experimental group had a downward trend, and the average level of total anxiety of the experimental group has decreased compared to the control group.