The effect of play therapy with cognitive-behavioral approach on improving cognitive and metacognitive function in children with ADHD

Aghagholizadeh, Gholamreza (2020) The effect of play therapy with cognitive-behavioral approach on improving cognitive and metacognitive function in children with ADHD. Masters thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

Research Aim : In this study, the main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of play therapy with a cognitive-behavioral approach on improving cognitive and metacognitive function in children with ADHD Research method: The research method is quasi-experimental research with available samples along with pre-test and post-test with the control group. The research will be done cross-sectionally. The statistical population of children aged 8 to 11 years has attention deficit in Ardabil. In this study, the data collection tool is the Metacognition Questionnaire (Wells) and CogLab software. SPSS 23. software was used for data analysis. The results indicate that the observed difference between the mean cognitive performance of the whole experimental group and the control group is significant. Therefore, the first hypothesis of the research on the effect of play therapy on students' cognitive performance is confirmed. The observed difference between the metacognitive skill scores of the whole experimental group and the control group is significant. In play therapy, it is effective on students' metacognitive skills at the level of P 0.1. Therefore, the second hypothesis of the research on the effect of play therapy on increasing students' metacognitive skills is confirmed. Findings also show that pre-test had a significant effect on post-test results. Findings and conclusion: Based on the findings, the study showed that cognitive-behavioral play therapy pays attention to cognitive and metacognitive performance of students with disabilities.

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