neda akrami; Farangis Kazemi; hamid alizade
Volume 4, Issue 16 , September 2014, , Pages 21-36
Abstract
The purpose of this research was conducting a comparison of achievement motivation rate in students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), consumers and non-consumers of Ritalin, as well as normal students. in this causal-comparative research, the samples were recruited from the ...
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The purpose of this research was conducting a comparison of achievement motivation rate in students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), consumers and non-consumers of Ritalin, as well as normal students. in this causal-comparative research, the samples were recruited from the students who were studying in the 5th and 6th grades of elementary public schools in district 8 of Tehran. These students were chosen based on the cluster sampling method and they were divided into three different groups. The Hermans’s Achievement Motivation Questionnaire was applied, and the results were analyzed by ANOVA. The results indicated that there were significant differences in the achievement motivation rate among these three groups. It was revealed that the normal students had the most achievement motivation rate. The students with ADHD who took Ritalin had a higher achievement motivation level than those with ADHD who did not take Ritalin. It can be inferred that consuming Ritalin can lead to an increase in theachievement motivation in the students with ADHD.
Ahmad Abedi; Fereshteh Kazemi; Mozhgan Shooshtari; Fereshteh Golshani Monazzah
Volume 2, Issue 7 , October 2012, , Pages 133-152
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The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of aerobic exercises on improving the visual and auditory attention of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In this quasi-experimental study, 30 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are selected from among the ...
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The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of aerobic exercises on improving the visual and auditory attention of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In this quasi-experimental study, 30 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are selected from among the six year-old preschool children of Isfahan city via random cluster sampling method and are then randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (each group consists of 15 children). The experimental group performed aerobic exercises. The instruments used include the neuropsychological test of NEPSY, (SNAP-IV) parent rating scale and clinical interview. The gathered data are analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The findings indicate that aerobic exercise can improve visual and auditory attention of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.