Marzieh Kamyab nejad; Maryam Seif naraghi; Arkan KHush kalam
Volume 1, Issue 4 , February 2016, , Pages 1-22
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Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the rates of depression and aggression among healthy siblings of 6-12 years old children with autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Method: The study is a survey. The statistical population consists of all healthy siblings of 6-12 years ...
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Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the rates of depression and aggression among healthy siblings of 6-12 years old children with autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Method: The study is a survey. The statistical population consists of all healthy siblings of 6-12 years of age of the children with autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Tehran city. Seven siblings were chosen from each group, so the total sample size was 14. The research tool was the ASEBA test. Data were collected through the Child Behavior Checklist. T (p= 0/05) test was used for data analysis.
Results: The results showed that the rate of depression and aggression in siblings of autistic children is more than the siblings of the children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Conclusion and recommendations: Given the fact that the amount of aggression and depression were higher among siblings of autistic children in comparison to the other group, training and consulting services should be available to the parents of autistic children in order to reduce or prevent aggression and depression among their not effected children.
Mohammad Haddad Kashani; Ezzatollah Naderi; Maryam Seif Naraqi; Zahra Doroodian
Volume 2, Issue 7 , October 2012, , Pages 27-42
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This study is aimed at comparing the criteria of friendship and making friends in people with Down syndrome aged between 14 and 24 and other educable mentally retarded groups in Vali-e Asr Rehabilitation Center of Tehran in 2009-2010. In this field research, the statistical population consists of all ...
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This study is aimed at comparing the criteria of friendship and making friends in people with Down syndrome aged between 14 and 24 and other educable mentally retarded groups in Vali-e Asr Rehabilitation Center of Tehran in 2009-2010. In this field research, the statistical population consists of all educable individuals who have Down syndrome and are mentally retarded aged between 14 and 24 in the above said center. 25 persons with Down syndrome and 25 educable mentally retarded people are selected using convenience sampling and are homogenized in terms of particulars such as age, sex, and social-economic class. A test containing 28 questions designed by the researcher is applied and four fields of leisure time, cooperation, positive and negative communicative features are evaluated. The two groups are compared and an independent T test is performed for statistical analysis. Results show that with a reliability of 95%, there is no significant difference between the two groups with regard to spending leisure time together, cooperation and negative communicative features. However, they are significantly different when it comes to positive communicative features, and criteria of friendship and making friends. In other words, people with Down syndrome had a better performance than other educable mentally retarded people in this regard. In centers and schools special for children with mental disability and Down syndrome, issues about education and career are more emphasized, whereas these children need social skills including friendship and making friends. Therefore, these centers are recommended to pay attention to the social skills as well as educational aspect.
Amin Hasanpour; Maryam Seyf Naraqi; Ahmad Qarehkhani; Mas’oud Jafari
Volume 2, Issue 6 , June 2012, , Pages 1-20
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Objective: This study aims at investigating the relation between attachment to God and mental health among the parents of exceptional and normal children.
Method: The present study is an applied research conducted by correlational methodology. 358 persons (125 parents of normal students and 233 parents ...
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Objective: This study aims at investigating the relation between attachment to God and mental health among the parents of exceptional and normal children.
Method: The present study is an applied research conducted by correlational methodology. 358 persons (125 parents of normal students and 233 parents of exceptional ones) were selected via random cluster sampling. They answered the scales of God attachment styles (Larson and Ghobari, 2009) and SCL-90-R. The data were analyzed by using correlation coefficient, T test and Z test.
Results: The results show that there is a highly significant relationship between attachment to God and mental health of the two groups of this study. Also, the relationship between the said two variables is more significant in the parents of exceptional children than those of normal ones (p = / 0001).
Conclusion: The result of the present study showed that there is a significant relationship between attachment to God and mental health in parents of exceptional and normal children.
Recommendations: It is thus suggested that in order to reduce stress and improve mental health in parents of exceptional children, they should be encouraged to have faith and rely on God.
Alireza Mohammadi Arya; Maryam Seyf Naraqi; Ali Delavar; Esmail Sa’dipour
Volume 2, Issue 8 , February 2012, , Pages 99-116
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The present study aims at investigating the effects of cognitive and cognitive–meta cognitive education strategies on problem solving ability and adaptive behavior of mentally retarded students in junior professional schools. In this quasi-experimental research, 45 participants were selected by ...
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The present study aims at investigating the effects of cognitive and cognitive–meta cognitive education strategies on problem solving ability and adaptive behavior of mentally retarded students in junior professional schools. In this quasi-experimental research, 45 participants were selected by cluster sampling method and allocated in four experimental and two control groups. Research instruments include Towers of Hanoi puzzle and adaptive behavior scale. Cognitive and cognitive–meta cognitive strategies were respectively taught to experimental groups by lecture in 12 and 24 sessions.The data were analyzed by multivariate variance analysis and one –way analysis of variance. The results show that performance of students in problem-solving was better in cognitive–meta cognitive experimental group than the other groups.Also performance of problem – solving was better in cognitive experimental group than the control group. In addition, there was no difference in problem-solving performance and adaptive behavior of male and female participants who were taught the cognitive and cognitive–meta cognitive strategies. Also, experimental and control groups had no significant difference in adaptive behavior. Since, the results of this study were consistent and parallel withprevious researches, it can be concluded that cognitive and cognitive-meta cognitive education strategies have a positive effect on problem solving skills and adaptive behavior of mentally retarded students.
Amin Hasan pour kheir abadi; Maryam Seif Naraghi; Masoud Jafari; Amir Hossein Mosavi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , July 2011, , Pages 49-72
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Objective: This study reviews and compares the relationship between different aspects of the relationship between two variables: self-determination skills and the quality of life in two groups of male students: students with and students without hearing damage of guidance schools in the academic year ...
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Objective: This study reviews and compares the relationship between different aspects of the relationship between two variables: self-determination skills and the quality of life in two groups of male students: students with and students without hearing damage of guidance schools in the academic year 88-89 in Tehran. Method: This is a correlation study. The statistical population has been all the male students with and without hearing impairment of all guidance schools of Tehran in the academic year 88-89. Accessible sampling was undertaken including 18 hearing impaired and 15 non- hearing –impaired students. The samples were matched for age, intelligence and social class. The assessment tools were: the Self Determination Scale and the Quality of Life questionnaire. The statistical analysis was done with the Fisher's Z test. Results: The results show that only the correlations between two dimensions of “having choice” and “being independent” were significantly different between the two groups. There were no significant differences in the correlations amongst other aspects of the findings. So we can conclude that self- determination relationship skills with quality of life in both groups are equal between the two groups, whereby there is no significant difference to register. Conclusion and recommendations: Based on the results of this study, it is to promote the quality of life of the students suffering from hearing impairments while the results indicate that their autonomy is not sufficient as “having choice” and “being independent” are the underlying capacities they have shown to be lacking.