The Effectiveness Training of Emotional Working Memory on Reducing Behavioral Problems and Behavioral Inhibition in Students

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotional memory training on reducing behavioral problems and behavioral inhibition of female high school students. This study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all first year high school students in the 5th district of Tabriz in the academic year 2017-2018. From this community, a sample of 30 people with behavioral problems was selected based on targeted sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental (15) and control (15) groups. To collect the data, the Ruther Form of parents and teachers' behavioral problems questionnaire Go/NoGo and emotional work memory software were used. Data analysis was performed using covariance statistical analysis. The results showed that teaching emotional working memory has a significant effect on behavioral problems and behavioral inhibition of students (P<0.05). In fact, teaching emotional working memory reduces behavioral problems and improves behavioral inhibition in students. Therefore, according to the results of the present study, emotional memory training plays an important role in behavioral problems and behavioral inhibition in students