جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is considered a serious problem in educational environments and has significant negative impacts on the psychological well-being of students. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of child-centered mindfulness therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on emotional-cognitive empathy of primary school students with ADHD experiencing bullying.

This semi-experimental study was conducted in 2023 using a pre-test and post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up over a six-month period in Isfahan city. A purposive sampling method was employed, and 54 boy students aged 9-11 years meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to three groups of 18 participants including child-centered mindfulness therapy (N=18), acceptance and commitment therapy (N=18), and a control group (N=18). Data were collected using the child and adolescent empathy questionnaire. Participants in the first group received child-centered mindfulness therapy in 10 60-minute sessions, conducted twice a week, while participants in the second experimental group received acceptance and commitment therapy in 9 60-minute sessions, conducted twice a week. By the end of the study, 15 participants remained in each group. Data analysis was performed using repeated measures ANOVA and Bonferroni post-hoc tests, utilizing SPSS software version 26.

The results indicated that both child-centered mindfulness therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy were effective in enhancing emotional empathy (p<0/05) and cognitive empathy (p<0/05).This effectiveness was also maintained at the follow-up stage (p< 0/05). However, no significant differences were observed between the effectiveness of the interventions (p>0/05).

The results of this study indicated that both child-centered mindfulness therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy significantly affected emotional and cognitive empathy in students with ADHD and can be utilized by therapists.

Recently, non-pharmacological treatments, especially the cognitive rehabilitation treatment approach, have been given attention to improve the structures and functions involved in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The purpose of this research was to compare the effect of vestibular stimulation exercises and rotational exercises on the dual cognitive and motor balance function of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

In this research, 24 children aged 8-11 years with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Khorramabad city were randomly selected and divided into three equal groups of vestibular stimulation exercises, rotation exercises, and control. For 6 weeks (three one-hour sessions per week), the experimental groups were subjected to the intervention of selected vestibular and rotational stimulation exercises. The control group did not do any physical activity during this period. A timed standing up and moving test by holding a cup of water in the hand was used to evaluate motor-balance performance and counting 15 numbers randomly was used to evaluate cognitive-balance performance. To analyze the data, dependent t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, and Tukey's post hoc test were used (taking into account type 1 error, α = 5%).

vestibular stimulation exercises and rotational exercises had a significant effect on the dual cognitive and motor balance function of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (P=0.001); However, no significant difference was observed between the effects of the above two types of exercises on the dual cognitive and motor balance function of the subjects. Conclusion Both vestibular and rotational stimulation exercises had a significant and similar effect on improving motor (P=0.86) and cognitive (P=0.93) dual balance function of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

 Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can impair psychological, emotional, and cognitive processes. The present study aims to investigate the effect of beta neurofeedback on executive functions and problem-solving skills of elementary school male children with ADHD.

This is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test/post-test/two-month follow-up design. The participants were 24 elementary school male children with ADHD referred to psychology and psychiatry clinics in Mashhad, Iran, in 2020. They were selected using a purposive sampling method and randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The children in the intervention group received beta neurofeedback at 30 sessions for 2.5 months. The data collection tools were Brock and Clinton’s ADHD questionnaire, the children’s problem-solving exploratory test of Johnson, and Coolidge et al.’s executive functions questionnaire. The data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA.

 The results showed that beta neurofeedback had significant effects on executive functions (F=33.42; Eta squared=0.60; P=0.0001) and problem-solving skills (F=29.81; Eta squared=0.57; P=0.0001). It led to significant improvement in the intervention group.

 Beta neurofeedback can improve executive functions and problem-solving skills of children with ADHD through providing biological feedback and increasing awareness of mental and cognitive processes.

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of cognitive play therapy and computer-based working memory training on the attention of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Farsan City in 2021.

The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest and follow-up design and a control group. The statistical population consisted of all students aged 7 to 12 years with ADHD (n=180) in the city of Farsan. Thirty children diagnosed with mixed ADHD were selected using purposive sampling from clients of the Sobhe Omid Counseling Center in Farsan, following diagnosis by a psychiatrist and the completion of a children's symptoms questionnaire. These children were assessed using a Continuous Performance Test for sustained attention and impulsivity. A working memory training software and a structured short-term play therapy protocol specifically designed for children with ADHD were utilized. For data analysis, mixed-design ANOVA and Bonferroni post-hoc tests were applied.

The results showed that cognitive play therapy and computer-based working memory training affected the attention of children with ADHD in Farsan City (P<0.01, F=6.132, Eta=0.321). However, there was no difference in the effectiveness of cognitive play therapy and computer-based working memory training, and the effects of these interventions remained lasting.

Therefore, both interventions can be utilized to reduce impulsivity in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Interactional patterns are conflicting in parent and child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADH (; And there are few effective treatments for them. Therefore, this study aimed the effectiveness of child-based working memory educational program on the parent-child interaction of children with ADHD.   

The research method was quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test, follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included all children 7 to 10 years with ADHD who referred to the Asal counseling center in Tehran in the second half of 2022. Among them, thirty children with ADHD were selected based on inclusion criteria and by purposive sampling method and randomly were placement into two groups (15 people). Child-based working memory educational program was performed simultaneously for each child and mother in 12 sessions of 45 minutes, and the control group was on the waiting list. The research instrument included Parent-Child Relationship Survey (Fine et al., 1983). The data were analyzed using repeated measure of covariance analysis in SPSS23 software. 

The results showed that there was a significant difference between the parent-child interaction in experimental and control groups; And child-based working memory educational program increased the parent-child interaction (F= 4.40, P<0.05) and the components of hate/loss of mother's role (F= 9.61, P<0.05), and communication (F= 4.37, P<0.05) of children with ADHD, and the effect of this therapeutic intervention was stable in the follow-up phase (P<0.05).      

Based on the obtained results, the intervention program used emphasized on the decrease symptoms of the communication between parents and children, has improved the parent-child interaction of children with ADHD. Therefore, it can be of interest to clinical psychologists as one of the major axes of improving parent-child interaction.

 The purpose of this study is comparing the Effectiveness of Social-Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) and Parent Effective Training (PET) on Parenting-Stress, in 6-12-Year-old Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

 The research method was semi-experimental and a pre-test-post-test design was used with a control-group. The statistical population of this research was all male and female students aged 6-12 with ADHD in Isfahan who were studying in the academic year of 2021-2022.The research sample consisted of 48 parents and students with ADHD who were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Each package consisted of 8 treatment sessions for children and parents, which was package (SEAL) for children and package (PET) for parents. To analyze the data at the descriptive level, frequency tables and graphs and percentages of frequency, average and standard-deviation were calculated, and at the inferential level, univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance tests were used.

 The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the average scores of the experimental and control groups before and after the intervention at the P<0.05 level. The parenting-stress scores in the experimental-group of the SEAL training-package were lower than the PET-group and the control-group. There is no significant difference between the parenting-stress scores of the two packages in the post-test and follow-up stages.

 The results showed that the parenting-stress after the intervention in the experimental-group is lower than in the control-group, and the educational programs reduced the parenting-stress.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation (tDCS) and computer-based cognitive rehabilitation on improving impulsivity in children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.

The current research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and control group. 60 children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly placed in three groups: experiment 1, experiment 2, and control (20 people in each group). Data were collected using Connors Parent Rating Scale (1978), Raven's Progressive Matrices Test (2000), and Barrett's impulsivity questionnaire (1995). The subjects of the first experimental group received Transcranial Direct Brain Stimulation and the second experimental group also received Captain Log's rehabilitation intervention. The control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed with covariance analysis and Bonferroni's post hoc test.

The results showed that experimental groups had lower impulsivity compared with the control group. Also, by controlling the effect of the pre-test in the two experimental groups, there is a significant difference between the two methods of transcranial direct current brain stimulation and computer-based cognitive rehabilitation (P<0.05), and transcranial direct current brain stimulation is more effective in improving the impulsivity in children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.

According to the results, it can be said that the intervention of transcranial direct brain stimulation and cognitive rehabilitation was effective in improving impulsivity in children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. Therefore, both interventions can be used to improve impulsivity in these children.

children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder face many psychological, social, and academic problems. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality-based rehabilitation on the executive functions of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The current research was quasi-experimental with pre and post-test and control group. The statistical population included all 7 to 12-year-old children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder referred to Baqiyatallah Hospital located in District 3 of Tehran in 2021-2022, from which 30 people were randomly selected based on available sampling methods. The subjects were assigned to two groups of 15 people, test and control. To collect data, a computerized visual and auditory integration test was used, and data analysis was performed using the covariance test in SPSS-26 software.

The results of the study showed that the rehabilitation treatment based on virtual reality was able to significantly increase the post-test scores of executive functions (selective attention, sustained attention, and response inhibition) in the experimental group, and the largest increase was related to the component of selective attention. has been (P<0.01).

It can be said that rehabilitation treatment based on virtual reality is one of the effective treatments for improving executive functions in children with hyperactivity/attention deficit. Therefore, it is suggested that child health specialists use this treatment to improve the mental, cognitive, and executive status of these children.