Sadaf Darvishi; Khadijeh Abolmaali Alhosseini; Amin Rafiepoor; Fariborz Dortaj
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The present study was a cross-sectional and applied research comparing the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation and social emotional skills on the development of theory of mind in autistic children. The quasi-experimental method was pre-test and post-test with control group. From 45 students introduced ...
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The present study was a cross-sectional and applied research comparing the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation and social emotional skills on the development of theory of mind in autistic children. The quasi-experimental method was pre-test and post-test with control group. From 45 students introduced to a school and MITA in (2019-2020) by completing a questionnaire of ASSQ in a community of 30 people in the sample group of 30 people was replaced by stratified random sampling in two training groups and one control group. The first group was trained with intelligent facial cognitive rehabilitation program and the second group was trained with emotional and social skills. The third group did not receive training. Statistical results of MANCOVA and Scheffe post hoc test showed that the level of mind theory in children with autism increased after applying only cognitive rehabilitation and both groups had higher mean levels of total mind theory than the control group. Experimental groups 1 had higher mean than level 1 and 2 and total mind theory than the control group and the difference between the means was significant at the level of 0.05. The second experimental group had a higher mean at level 3 than the control group and the difference in means was significant at the level of 0.05. It can be concluded that cognitive rehabilitation is a suitable intervention method for educators and therapists of autistic children to promote the theory of mind.
Sara Takini
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of thought-bubble training on the theory of mind in female autism disorder children with high performance. The present semi experimental study included pre-test, post-test with the control group design. The statistical population of the study consisted ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of thought-bubble training on the theory of mind in female autism disorder children with high performance. The present semi experimental study included pre-test, post-test with the control group design. The statistical population of the study consisted of 78 girls aged 8 to 12 years with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder referred to 2 medical centers in Tehran (for autism votes and friends) in the first six months of 2019. Among them, 26 people were selected by available sampling method and according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, as a research sample and randomly in two experimental groups (13 people) and control group (13 people). Were appointed. The subjects in the experimental group received the thought-bubble training in 8 sessions of 45 minutes (one session per week) individually; The control put on a waiting list. In order to gather data, Steammann theory of mind test (1999), were used. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance. Findings of the study showed that by controlling the effect of pre-test, there was a significant difference between the mean scores of post-test in the experimental and control groups in the theory of mind. According to the results of the study, children with autism disorder have difficulty in obtaining theory of mind, and the thought-bubble training can be effective in improving and accelerating the development of theory of mind in in autism disorder children with high performance