Saifullah Aghajani; Ali Kermani; Matineh Ebadi; Ali Salmani
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Behavioral inconsistencies and disorders in adulthood and youth are often caused by neglecting children's emotional-behavioral issues. Therefore, the present study was performed to fit the causal model based on externalized behavioral disorders according to executive functions of the brain: ...
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Behavioral inconsistencies and disorders in adulthood and youth are often caused by neglecting children's emotional-behavioral issues. Therefore, the present study was performed to fit the causal model based on externalized behavioral disorders according to executive functions of the brain: the mediating role of social skills in students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This study in terms of purpose is the applied one and is considered descriptive-correlational research. The statistical population of the present study included all the elementary school students of Mashhad in the academic year of 2021-2022, and 209 students were selected as the sample group using the purposeful sampling method. To collect data, the Connors Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Assessment Questionnaire, Teacher's Form (1969), Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) - Parent Version, Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, and Social Skills Questionnaire (Parent Version) were used. The results showed that the causal model of the relationship between executive functions, social skills, and externalized behavioral disorders in students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was confirmed based on different fit indices. Executive functions of the brain and social skills have a direct effect on behavioral disorders. In addition, executive functions have an indirect effect on externalized behavioral disorders through social skills. Therefore executive functions and social skills play an important role in externalized behavioral disorders in students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and targeting these two components in psychological treatments can be effective in reducing behavioral disorders.
Keywords: Externalized Behavioral Disorders, Executive Functions, Social Skills, Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Introduction
One of the most complex childhood disorders that are often not diagnosed, is the neurodevelopmental disorder attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which appears with inattention and hyperactivity in the age range of six months to seven years. It may continue in adulthood as well (Shahwan, Suliman, Jairoun, Alkhoujah, Mohammed, & Abdullah, 2020). ADHD children have problems with communication and social behaviors; it is one of the most common behavioral and social disorders in childhood and adolescence, which affects about 5-7% of people (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The problems caused by this disorder include wide areas of a person's life, including health, communication problems, academic progress, employment, financial management (Barkley, Murphy, & Fischer, 2015), and family problems (Almadani, Askary, & Bavi 2022). Externalized behavior disorders that include a range of aggression, bullying, delinquent behaviors, theft, lying, disobedience, and fighting (Cramer, 2015) are observed in these people. Studies have shown that executive function deficits include a set of cognitive and metacognitive processes that help us create goals, monitor thoughts, control emotions and actions, and choose appropriate behaviors to curb undesirable behaviors (Lassander, Hintsanen, Suominen, Mullola, Fagerlund, Vahlberg, et al., 2020), it is common in these individuals (Wang and Liu, 2020). Another factor that can affect the amount of externalized behavioral disorders in children is social skills. Compared to normal children, children with ADHD have weaker social interaction and have difficulty communicating with others (Parke, Becker, Graves, Baily, Paul, Freeman et al., 2018). In other words; Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder not only causes a decrease in concentration and attention, but it is also problematic in social relationships, the type of interaction and the way to react to others (Arumugam & Parasher, 2018). Therefore, the current research will be conducted with the aim of fitting the causal model based on externalized behavioral disorders based on the executive functions of the brain: the mediating role of social skills in students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Research Question
Is the fit of the causal model based on externalized behavioral disorders based on the executive functions of the brain with the mediation of social skills in students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder confirmed?
Literature Review
Studies show that externalizing problems in childhood are predictors of delinquent behaviors in adolescence and crime and violence in adulthood (Zhu, Olsen, Liew, Niclasen, & Obel, 2014). Executive functions include sets of cognitive and metacognitive processes that help us set goals, monitor thoughts, control emotions and actions, and choose appropriate behaviors for undesirable behaviors (Lassander et al., 2020). Executive functions are much related to social and educational functions and daily activities of people. These functions become the individual's self-regulation and also enable him to behave with different responses, self-direction (Lima, Rzezak, Guimarães, Montenegro, Guerreiro, & Valente, 2017). The review goes under these subheadings. The findings indicate that poor skill in executive functions causes antisocial behavior, inability to solve problems, distraction and aggression in children (Romero-López, Quesada-Conde, Bernardo, & Justicia-Arráez, 2017). The results of Al-Khatib's research (2021) indicated a positive and significant correlation between social problems and behavioral problems. In a research, Ajarlou, Moghadsin, and Hosni (2021) showed that maladaptive emotion regulation and cognitive deficits of attention also play a mediating role in the relationship between depression and anxiety variables with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Methodology
The method of this study was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the current research was all the students and their parents in the school year 2021-2022 in the elementary school of Mashhad. 209 students were selected using the purposeful sampling method. Thus, in order to collect the sample, the education departments were referred to Mashhad City. Then 15 elementary schools were selected from different areas of Mashhad city and then they were referred to the schools and after screening the students for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder through a questionnaire by the teacher, after identification with the help of the school principal, the questionnaires were given to the parents. Students were placed. To collect data from questionnaires of Conners' teacher rating scale--revised short form, achenbach's child behavior checklist (CBCL) - parent version, behavioral rating scale of executive functions (BRIEF), social skills rating system (SSRS) parent version used. In order to test the research hypotheses, the path analysis method was used using SPSS23 and Lisrel 8.8 software.
Results
A total of 209 students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder with an age of 9.62 in the age range of 7 to 12 years participated in this study. 91 of them were girls and 118 were boys. The results of the path analysis showed that executive functions have a direct and significant effect on both externalized behavioral problems and social skills. Also, the direct effect of social skills on externalized behavioral problems is significant. In general, the results showed that the proposed model of this research has a good fit and all the fit indices indicate the approval of this model, the results of which are shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Structural Equation Models Fit Indices
Fit index
Perfect Fit
Acceptable Fit
value
Result
χ²/sd
0 ≤ χ²/sd0 ≤ 2
2 ≤ χ²/sd0 ≤ 5
2.28
Acceptable
RMSEA
0 ≤ RMSEA ≤.05
.05 ≤ RMSEA ≤.08
.071
Acceptable
GFI
0.95≤ GFI< 1.00
0.90≤ GFI< 0.95
.91
Acceptable
NFI
0.95≤ NFI< 1.00
0.90≤ NFI< 0.95
.94
Acceptable
CFI
0.95≤CFI<1.00
0.90≤CFI<0.95
.92
Acceptable
Discussion
The obtained results showed that the effect of brain executive function disorder on externalized behavioral disorders was positive and significant. The results obtained with the research findings of Yang et al. (2022), and Fraser et al. (2022); the research conducted on executive functions in people with behavioral problems shows that there are deficits such as problems in inhibition, which are related to disorders in the frontal region of the brain. In other words, response inhibition provides stopping and controlling inappropriate behaviors as well as producing appropriate behaviors in different situations, and this is essential in preventing behavioral problems (AbdulRahimpour et al., 2021).
It showed that social skills have an effect on externalized behavioral problems. The results obtained with the research findings of Al-Khatib (2021), Fuchs et al. (2020), and Trigors et al. (2020) are consistent. High levels of participation and sociability are generally associated with growth. From another angle, it is possible to explain this finding, when students have social skills and can adjust the level of their response to the people around them depending on the situation, they are less prone to externalizing behaviors such as aggression, violence, and impulsiveness.
The indirect effect of brain executive function disorder on externalizing behavioral problems through social skills was significant. Therefore, social skills were accepted as mediators of the relationship between brain executive functions and externalized behavioral problems. This means that executive functions can indirectly influence externalized behaviors through social skills in addition to direct influence. People who have significant skills in executive functions, i.e., reasoning, organization, and working memory, can analyze social situations correctly and reduce externalized behavioral disorders, i.e., impulsivity and violence in students.
Conclusion
Therefore executive functions and social skills play an important role in externalized behavioral disorders in students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and targeting these two components in psychological treatments can be effective in reducing behavioral disorders.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to all the people who have collaborated in this research.
Mohammad Ashori; .Gholam Ali Afrooz; Sogand Ghasemzadeh
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The aim of the current meta-analysis was to determine the biological, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of relative parents and irrelative parents that having more than one exceptional child in Iran. Study procedure was meta-analysis. This research specifies the effect size of the biological, ...
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The aim of the current meta-analysis was to determine the biological, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of relative parents and irrelative parents that having more than one exceptional child in Iran. Study procedure was meta-analysis. This research specifies the effect size of the biological, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of relative parents and irrelative parents that having more than one exceptional child by using meta-analysis technique and integrating the results of different studies. On the whole, 9 methodologically acceptable studies were selected and met analysis was done on them. Sources of data search were scientific documents in universities, noor specialized magazines database (Normans), Scientific Information Database (SID) and Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IRANDOC). The research tool was meta-analysis checklist. Finding of research showed that the rate of effect size of biological, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of relative parents and irrelative parents that having more than one exceptional child in Iran was high. Therefore, it seems that the education programs before of marriage can be used as a method to prevent the relative marriage. On the other hand, planning to prevent of the impairments of biological, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of relative parents that having more than one exceptional child has particular importance.
Masomrh Hoseinpour; Zohreh Raeisi; Yousef Goeji Goeji; Akram Dehghani
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The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of training executive functions on the mother-child interaction and sleep problems of the children with ADHD. The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period design. The statistical ...
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The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of training executive functions on the mother-child interaction and sleep problems of the children with ADHD. The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period design. The statistical population of the present study included the boys with ADHD in the city of Isfahan in the academic year 2019-20. 30 children with ADHD were selected through multi-stage clustered sampling method and they were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 15 children). The experimental group received eight seventy-five-minute executive function interventions. 3 children from the experimental group and 2 children from the control group were dropped from the study. The applied questionnaires in this study included ADHD questionnaire, mother-child interaction questionnaire and child sleep habit questionnaire. The data from the study were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA via SPSS23 software. The results showed that training executive functions has significant effect on the mother-child interaction and sleep problems of the children with ADHD (p
Razieh Jamaati Ardakani; Morteza Monadi; اخوان تفتی Akhavan Tafti
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The background conditions in each country require that they have a unique history of special education, which has led to different educational systems and services for students with special needs. This study aimed to conduct a comparative analysis of the education laws for students with special ...
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The background conditions in each country require that they have a unique history of special education, which has led to different educational systems and services for students with special needs. This study aimed to conduct a comparative analysis of the education laws for students with special needs in the United States and Iran, focusing on the field of learning disabilities and their implementation procedures, and examining their strengths and weaknesses. The research employed a document analysis method, gathering necessary information through extensive search in reputable scientific databases, reports, and published government documents. The special education laws in the United States (up to 2022) and Iran (up to 2023) were compared and analyzed in terms of the changes over time and the implementation processes concerning learning disabilities. Prominent features of the U.S. special education law include individualized education programs, enforcement guarantees, and parental and student decision-making rights in educational matters. However, there is greater emphasis on research project development and scientific investigations in Iranian law. Regarding the implementation procedures and attention to students with learning disabilities, in Iran, support is mainly provided during the early years of education, whereas in the United States, such support continues until the completion of higher education. Additionally, the evaluation of students with disabilities are carried out with greater precision in the United States. Achieving the goals of the law on the rights of individuals with special needs requires not only the completion and approval of legislation but also proper implementation of the laws and structural reforms.
Keywords: Comparative Study, Education Law for Children with Special Needs in Iran and the United States, Implementation Procedures, Learning Disabilities.
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Introduction
The contextual conditions in each country require that they have a unique history of special education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a part of the education rule in the US that has approved the legal process to receive special services for children. In Iran, the law on the education of exceptional children was approved in 1991 by the parliament. Given that learning disabilities is a global issue, it seems necessary to consider it because these children have natural intelligence, but they have severe problems in learning language, reading, writing or solving math problems (Afrozeh et al., 2022) and if diagnosis and reforms are not performed on time, these students will have more problems in higher courses (Shayan, Akhavan Tafti and Ashayeri, 2010). The significance of the study indicates that a few researches have compared the law of education of children with special needs and its implementation procedure in Iran and the US. In this research, the United States has been selected due to its history and progress about children with special needs.
Research Question
Is the low progress of Iran in the fields related to students with special needs, is due to defects in the laws or is it related to the executive procedure in this country?
Literature Review
Historically, special education in the US began in the early 1800s with the efforts of Howe and Gallaudet and has developed considerably since then (Friend, 2013). It is estimated that about 15% of children in the US (Pew Research Center, 2023) have disabilities that are supported by the government under IDEA. Key requirements in IDEA are:
- Free and suitable public education
- Identification and evaluation
- Individual training program
- Minimum environmental restrictions
- Guarantees related to the proceedings
- Participation of parents and students and joint decision-making (Apling and Jones, 2008).
In 1921, the first activities in the field of education of children with special needs started in Iran. But officially in 1991 with the establishment of exceptional education, the institutions started their activities. The goals of the special education organization include:
1) Design the education and rehabilitation system as the mental and physical disabilities of exceptional children are compensated.
2) Continuous reform of exceptional education according to the new methods of education around the world.
3) Considering different groups of exceptional students at different levels.
4) Helping to prevent the occurrence of physical and mental disabilities (Education and Development Organization Charter, 1991).
Methodology
One of the research method types is document analysis and review. The use of documentary research methods includes exploring documents that are related to the subject under study (Creswell, 2012). Documents about a specific subject are one of the data collection methods in the qualitative method (Monadi, 2006). In this research, special education laws in America are related to 1954 until now and in Iran are related to 1920 until now. Descriptive-comparative method is another methodology that was used in this research to adapt and compare the process of changes in special education rules in Iran and America and based on its implementation procedure, it focused on its strengths and weaknesses. Most of the data has been obtained by reviewing the literature and using scientific databases, authentic domestic and foreign magazines and books, and published government reports and documents.
Results
The goal of the researcher regarding the mentioned comparative study is to identify the possible defects of the current laws of Iran and improve their efficiency. The comparative analysis of current laws and procedures in both educational systems is as follows:
Legal commonality:
- Continuous assessment of the work of teachers and trainers
- Implementation of identification and selection plans
- Helping to avoid the occurrence of physical and mental disabilities
- Attention to education in all courses
Strengths of IDEA:
- Considering the details and stages of the educational system, the individual education program, the existence of guarantees related to the legal process, the participation of parents and students in educational affairs and having the decision right, the existence of related services and attention to the issue of student transfer.
The strengths of the law on the education of exceptional children in Iran:
- Paying attention to the development of research projects and performing scientific research, emphasizing the preparation of textbooks and teaching aids.
Executive procedure in the field of learning disabilities:
All the following items exist in the US, but they have not been taken into consideration in Iran, and this indicates the difference in the implementation process of the two countries:
- Provide services in post-primary courses
- Existence of learning disability centers in universities
- The existence of universities for students with learning disabilities
- Considering the monitoring and identification of students with special needs in terms of quantity and quality
Discussion
Considering the large number of students with special needs, namely learning disabilities, it is expected that there is significant progress and research in this field. They need special support and intervention besides traditional classroom experiences to be successful in school. Paying attention to individual student needs, low student-to-teacher ratio, more opportunities for personal counseling, and the use of individual and diverse educational strategies are among the programs that the educational system in America has taken into consideration (Velog et al., 1989). Therefore, it is important to have effective prevention, monitoring and treatment systems with the participation of specialists from different fields (Grigorenko et al., 2020).
Conclusion
Achieving the goals of the law on the rights of individuals with special needs, not only requires the completion and approval of the law, but also depends on the correct implementation of the laws and the reform of the structures so that it works together with the environmental issues, adaptation of programs and educational management, because only approving the law without executive guarantee does not solve the problem of disabled people.
Acknowledgments
This paper is taken from a doctoral thesis and the authors express their gratitude to all those who collaborated in this research.
Jafar Mahmoodi; Iman Mesbah; Ali rezaeisharif
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The current study has been conducted to get the amount of effectiveness of the compassion-based approach on alexithymia and the sense of coherence in mothers with intellectually disabled children. It has been in progress for two months with a semi-experimental design using pre-test and post-test, ...
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The current study has been conducted to get the amount of effectiveness of the compassion-based approach on alexithymia and the sense of coherence in mothers with intellectually disabled children. It has been in progress for two months with a semi-experimental design using pre-test and post-test, accompanied by a control group. The whole population of the study involved 56 mothers having intellectually disabled children, who registered them in the Marand Well-being Organization Office from 2017 to 2022, of whom 30 had the required condition to get into the research. The study used a purposeful method for choosing the samples and put them randomly in two experimental and control groups. Compassion-based approach training was conducted in eight sessions for the experimental group while the control group received nothing. The data collected were analyzed and collected through alexithymia and the sense of coherence scales and were undergone the SPSS-22 software for the latter analysis and variance calculations. According to the results obtained compassion-based approach therapy for alexithymia and sense of coherence had a meaningful effect (p≤0/05). The follow-up stage has also demonstrated that the effect of compassion-based treatment on alexithymia and the sense of coherent sense of mothers with intellectually disabled children has been stable. Based on the results, psychology and counseling experts could use compassion-based training programs for alexithymia reduction and coherence sense enhancement of intellectually disabled children’s caregivers.
Keywords: Alexithymia, Compassion-Based Therapy, Intellectual Disability, Sense of Coherence.
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Introduction
Mental intellectual (intellectual developmental disorder) is a disorder that begins during the development period and includes a person's lack of adaptive functioning and intelligence in the practical, social, and conceptual domains (American Psychiatric Association, 2022). The presence of a mentally retarded child can cause a change in the mental health and dynamics of the family system (Bahadori Khosrowshahi and Habibi-Kaleiber, 2015). When parents find out about their child's disability, they experience various forms of stress and psychological pressure, social isolation, and mental health problems (Popa, 2020). In the meantime, mothers, in the position of the main caretaker of the child, bear the biggest burden of the problem (Milani Far, 1400, p. 184). As most of the caretaking time for the child and interacting with him is usually taken by the mother, and due to the intellectual disability of the child, it has many problems in the intelligence, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development field, there are major tensions in this regard directed at the mother (Gupta and Kaur, 2010).
One of the therapeutic interventions that seem to be effective in empowering mothers with mentally retarded children is self-compassion therapy (Rostampour-Brinjistanki, Abbasi, and Mirzaeian, 2019). Compassion therapy was founded by Gilbert (2005) as the main therapy and even complementary therapy (Lucre and Clapton, 2021). This treatment is a patient-centered behavior change strategy, and its purpose is to identify and reduce a person's doubts about changing their behavior, change in lifestyle and routine, and improve the person's perception of the importance of behavior change (Hacken and Taylor, 2021).
Research Question
Is compassion-based therapy effective in increasing the sense of coherence and reducing alexithymia of mothers with mentally retarded children?
Literature Review
The results of various studies show that compassion therapy increases self-coherence adaptability, reduces negative spontaneous thoughts (Ardashirzadeh, Bakhtiarpour, Homaei, Iftikhar Saadi, 2019), increases the sense of coherence (Ghaffari, Ismali, Atashgir, Hakim-abadi, 2017; Lloyd, 2017), improves the symptoms and quality of life (Nashi et al., 2019), reduces depression and anxiety (Safarinia, Mortezai Karhrodi, Alipur, 2022), increases the tolerance of distress and reduces of guilt in mothers with physically disabled children movement (Mahmoudpour, Dehghanpour, Ejadi and Mohammadi, 2021), improves of psychological flexibility in mothers with mentally retarded children (Rostampour Brijstanaki et al., 2016) and improves of alexithymia (Ahmadi Malairi, Rahmani, Pourasghar, 2021) Tajdin, Al-Yasin, Heydari, and Davoudi, 2019).
Methodology
The current research method was a semi-experimental pre-test post-test type with a control group with a 2-month follow-up. The statistical population of the present study was mothers with mentally disabled children who had a disability file for their children in Marand Welfare Department from 2017 to 2022 (N=56). In order to select the statistical sample of the research, by referring to the Marand Welfare Organization and using the purposeful sampling method, 30 mothers with mentally retarded children who have alexithymia (above 60) and sense of coherence (below 63) scales were selected and randomly replaced in the experimental and control groups.
Results
The results of multivariate tests showed that the interaction between time and group is significant for all variables. Therefore, compassion-based treatment training was effective on all variables and caused changes in alexithymia and sense of coherence (P<0.05). The obtained results showed that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores in the two variables of emotional ataxia and sense of coherence (P<0.001). In other words, the effect of compassion-based intervention on research variables is confirmed. Also, there is a significant difference between pre-test and follow-up scores in both variables (P<0.001). In other words, the effect of time is confirmed. Meanwhile, no significant difference was observed between the post-test and follow-up scores in the two variables of alexithymia and the sense of coherence (P<0.05).
Table 1. Benferoni test to investigate the effectiveness of compassion-based therapy for research variables over time
Comparison
Alexithymia
sense of coherence
Mean difference
standard error
Significance level
mean difference
standard error
Significance level
Pre-test post-test
16.24
1.82
0.001
8.51
1.37
0.001
Post-test follow-up
0.97
1.26
0.07
0.48
1.18
0.69
Pre-test follow-up
6.42
2.11
0.001
8.93
1.42
0.001
Discussion
The present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of the compassion-based approach on emotional ataxia and sense of coherence in mothers with intellectually disabled children. Based on the obtained results, compassion-based therapy reduced alexithymia in mothers with mentally retarded children, which is in agreement with the results of some studies (Ahmadi Malairi et al., 2021; Tajdin et al., 2019; Marsh, Chan, and McBeth, 2018; Kiel and Pidgon, 2017). Another finding of the research was that compassion-based therapy is effective in increasing the sense of coherence of mothers with mentally disabled children. The result obtained in accordance with the research results of Aghalar and Akrami (2021), Ardeshirzadeh et al. (2019), Narimani and Eyni (2019), Li, Liu, Han, Zhu, and Wang (2017), and Lloyd (2017).
Conclusion
The present study showed that the participants had clinically significant improvement in each scale and it seems that the intervention based on compassion was effective. The results of the follow-up test were not significantly different from the final test, and the therapeutic method based on compassion had a lasting effect on increasing the sense of coherence and reducing alexithymia.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank all those who participated in this study.
Alireza Sangani; Negin Khoshvaght; Alireza Homayouni
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Learning disorder is affected by many communication variables and focuses on sensory processing in children; therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the mediating role of sensory processing patterns in the relationship between parental parenting styles and Learning Disorder in children. ...
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Learning disorder is affected by many communication variables and focuses on sensory processing in children; therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the mediating role of sensory processing patterns in the relationship between parental parenting styles and Learning Disorder in children. The method of research was correlation based on modeling, a type of path analysis. The study population included all children with learning disorder 7 to 10 years old in Tehran, That using Klein's method (2010), 437 children were selected by available sampling method. And the children's mothers responded to, Colorado Willcutt et al. Learning Disorder Questionnaire (2011), Dunn's Sensory Profile (1999) and Baumrind's parental parenting styles (1973). And evaluation of the model was done using the path analysis method. The findings showed that sensory processing patterns have a mediating role in the relationship between parental parenting styles and Learning Disorder in children. In general, sensory processing patterns and parental parenting styles had predictive power (R2 = 0.70) of learning disorder variable. These findings show that learning disorder is strongly influenced by parental parenting styles. And sensory processing patterns have an indirect impact on learning disorder that can provide many practical implications for therapists to improve children's learning disorder.
shahrooz nemati; rahim badri; shahram ,vahedi; Niloufar Broumandzadeh
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Specific learning disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder that was considered from a positive psychology approach in recent years. The aim of the current research was to draw a concept map of positive psychology constructs in specific learning disability. The research design was a systematic review ...
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Specific learning disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder that was considered from a positive psychology approach in recent years. The aim of the current research was to draw a concept map of positive psychology constructs in specific learning disability. The research design was a systematic review study. Through the PRISMA model, research findings related to the variables of positive psychology constructs in specific learning disability will be examined. In the same vein a systematic review study method with the use of positive psychology keywords and specific learning disability, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, positive thinking, optimistic, resilience, hope, Gratitude, well-being, positive relationships, strengths, satisfaction, hardiness, mindfulness, positive emotion from the web the Data (Pubmed, Eric, Scopus, Sid, Irandoc, Noormags, Ebsco, Science Direct, Pro Quest, Springer), was conducted in accordance with research objectives to executed current study. The findings of this study showed that positive psychology constructs including psychological well-being, resilience, optimism, mental health, quality of life, Happiness, hope, life satisfaction, gratitude, and spirituality are the most effective keywords in the co-occurrence network and positive psychology projects have emphasized on mentioned constructs. Research evidence expresses that reinforcement and recovery of positive psychology constructs can be useful for students with a specific learning disability. This study was indicating the importance of positive psychology constructs in specific learning disorders, thus recommending achieving better results in specific learning disorders merge evidence-based and research activities with clinical and treatment activities.
zakiehe najarian; shahram ,vahedi; touraj hashemi; rahim badri
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The purpose of the present study was to develop a Affective working memory-based education package and to investigate the effectiveness of this package in improving the cognitive-emotional dimensions of learning for students with the specific learning disability of mathematical disorder. The present ...
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The purpose of the present study was to develop a Affective working memory-based education package and to investigate the effectiveness of this package in improving the cognitive-emotional dimensions of learning for students with the specific learning disability of mathematical disorder. The present study was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test design on experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the research included all the male and female students with the specific learning disability with mathematical disorder who visited the elementary schools of learning disabilities in Isfahan in the academic year 2021-2022. Within this context, 30 students were selected purposefully and divided randomly into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 14 sessions for 60 minutes of Affective rehabilitation intervention based on working memory. Before and after the training, the subjects responded to the problem-solving researcher-made questionnaire, Numerical Stroop Test of John Ridley (1935), Mathematics Attitude Scale of Aiken (1971), and Mathematics Anxiety Scale of Chiu and Henry (1990). The results of covariance analysis demonstrated that training based on affective working memory was effective and significant in problem-solving skills and reducing cognitive inhibition ,the attitude towards mathematics and reducing mathematics anxiety (at the 0.01 level).Considering the effectiveness of affective working memory-based training on the cognitive-emotional variables of students with mathematical disorder, this intervention can aid in improving the cognitive and emotional skills of students with learning disabilities and lay the groundwork for better mathematics learning conditions.
Elham Mohammadi Bolban Abad; Mehdi Ghodrati; Amin Faraji
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Few studies have investigated how positive psychology can be applied for parents of children with intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive psychological intervention on self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy mothers of children with intellectual ...
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Few studies have investigated how positive psychology can be applied for parents of children with intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive psychological intervention on self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. The semi-experimental research method was a pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. A sample of 20 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities were selected in a purposeful way and assigned to two experimental and control groups (10 people each group). The required information was collected through three questionnaires: Sherer General self-efficacy, Hope Schneider et al., and Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaire. Participants were evaluated before the intervention, then positive psychological intervention was implemented for the experimental group in 6 sessions, and re-evaluated in the post-test and follow-up stage. The data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance. The Results showed that positive psychological intervention improved self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. Therefore, it is suggested to use this intervention to improve self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities.
fateme nikbin; Reza Soltani shal; abbasali hossein khanzadeh
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The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the indicators of an exceptionally successful school in the elementary school of Rasht city. The current research community consisted of all specialists in the field of education of exceptional students in Rasht city, and ...
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The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the indicators of an exceptionally successful school in the elementary school of Rasht city. The current research community consisted of all specialists in the field of education of exceptional students in Rasht city, and the participants in this research were 20 university professors, counselors and education teachers as a panel group. Results: From the analysis of the qualitative data obtained from the responses of the participants to this question, 53 codes, 19 sub-indices, then 7 main indicators (educational needs, organizational needs, individual needs of students, need for psychological and counseling services, need to refresh the environment the school, characteristics of the management staff and teachers, considering the special conditions of the students' families) were extracted. In the second step, using the extracted codes, a questionnaire of 51 questions was designed for the decision making of the panel group, and the criterion for accepting each item was to obtain an agreement coefficient of 80%. As a result, a successful school is one that can prepare teenagers for the future life by addressing and planning in the seven dimensions of educational needs, organizational needs, individual needs of students, the need for psychological and counseling services, and the need for rejuvenation. The school environment, the characteristics of the management staff and teachers, considering the special conditions of the students' families in general in order to prepare teenagers for life and employment in the future.
Hoda Faramarzi
Abstract
One of the most obvious characteristics of children with dyslexia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is difficulty in auditory processing, and failure to provide timely intervention for these children has irreparable consequences. The purpose of this research was to develop a cognitive rehabilitation ...
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One of the most obvious characteristics of children with dyslexia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is difficulty in auditory processing, and failure to provide timely intervention for these children has irreparable consequences. The purpose of this research was to develop a cognitive rehabilitation program fast for word and its effectiveness on the auditory processing of children with dyslexia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The statistical population includes all 7-9-year-old elementary school students in Tehran with dyslexia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder who were studying in the second semester of 1401 academic year, and 30 eligible volunteers were randomly divided into two experimental groups. 15 people) and witnesses (15 people) were appointed. The experimental group received the fast for word cognitive rehabilitation program in 10 sessions of 45 minutes. The research tools included the fourth version of the Wechsler IQ test, Moradi et al.'s reading and dyslexia test (2015), Connors-Parent Form questionnaire (1998) and Fisher's list of listening problems (1976). Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. The findings showed that the fast for word cognitive rehabilitation program was effective and improved the auditory processing of children with dyslexia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the experimental group. According to these findings, the fast for word cognitive rehabilitation program is suggested to experts as an effective intervention.