Development and Validation of Internet Neuropsychological Training Program and Effectiveness on response inhibition and Impulsivity of 5 - 6 Years Old Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a neurological condition that often occurs in children.

The purpose of present research was to develop and validate internet neuropsychological training program and investigate its effectiveness on response inhibition and impulsivity of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

The program was compiled in a meta-synthesis method from data sources articles within 1982 to 2021 and was approved by professors of clinical psychology and psychiatry, Then, in quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group design, 21 children aged 5 to 6 years with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Alborz province in 2022-2023 were selected by the convenience sampling method and randomly allocated into the experimental and control groups. The internet neuropsychological training program was held in 16 sessions for children and in 8 sessions for parents. Children's Raven Colored Progressive Matrices scales (1938), the Conners Parent Rating scale (1978) and Go/No go test (1984) were used to collect data. The program was analyzed by thematic analysis and the data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS version 20.

The results showed that the content validity index of the parents' program was 0.87 and the children's program was 1, and the content validity ratio of the parents' program was 1 and the children's program was 0.75. The measured F-values showed significant changes in response inhibition (P<0.01) and impulsivity (P<0.00).

The results of the research showed that the internet neuropsychological training program was effective on impulsivity and response inhibition; Therefore, this program can be used as an effective program in improving response inhibition and impulsivity of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.