kourosh Amraei
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The main purpose of this study is to predict behavioral self-regulation by language development and secure attachment based on mediation role of private speech in cochlear implanted children. In this correlation study 114 available cochlear implanted children in the age range of 3-7 years that at least ...
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The main purpose of this study is to predict behavioral self-regulation by language development and secure attachment based on mediation role of private speech in cochlear implanted children. In this correlation study 114 available cochlear implanted children in the age range of 3-7 years that at least one year has passed from the Cochlear Implant program were selected with available sampling method. Test of language development (Newcomer and Hammill, 1997), Disturbances of Attachment Interview (Smyke & Zeanah, 1999) and Structured Observation of Behavioral Regulation (Ponitz and et al, 2008) were administered on children, and their mothers responded to Private speech scale (hassanzadeh and Amraei, 2016). Path analysis was employed in order to analyze the data. The results of the study showed that language development (b= 0/37, P<0/01) and secure attachment (b= -0/41, P<0/01) predicting %49 of variance of private speech. Also, language development (b= 0/25, P<0/01) and secure attachment (b= -0/43, P<0/01) with the mediating role of private speech (b= 0/19, P<0/01) have the ability to predict %58 of behavioral self-regulation discrepancy and variances, The research showed Behavioral self-regulation can be predicted by Language development and Secure Attachment, with the mediating role of private speech, in Cochlear Implanted Children. This result can apply in prediction and rehabilitation programs for reducing behavior problems.
malihesadat kazemi; shole amiri; mokhtar malekpoor; hosein molavi
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In this Research, the effect of private speech training on executive function of boys between 9 to 11 years old in Isfahan City was examined. This research is an experimental study of pre-test/post-test with control groups. It had a two-stage sampling. Final sample included 20 attention deficit boys ...
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In this Research, the effect of private speech training on executive function of boys between 9 to 11 years old in Isfahan City was examined. This research is an experimental study of pre-test/post-test with control groups. It had a two-stage sampling. Final sample included 20 attention deficit boys (10 for experiment group and 10 for first control group) and 9 normal boys for second control group. Instruments used in this research included British Picture Vocabulary scale, Short form of Wechsler's Intelligence Scale for Children- Revised, Tower subtest of NEPSY Neuropsychology test. To analyze private speech of children, their speech were videotaped while solving Tower subtest and Videos were content analyzed by three encoders. Results showed that children with attention deficit, had significantly more errors in compare to first and second control groups; while both experiment and second control group (which both had been trained) had significantly more amount of private speech in compare to first control group- which had not trained. According to the findings of the research, it can be concluded although private speech training can increase the amount of private speech produced by attention deficit children, this increase in speech, not only will not necessarily increase function of children, but it may backfire on difficult tasks.