Mr Reza Mohammadzadeghan, Mr Abolfazl Farid, آقای Gholamreza Chalabianlu Hasratanlo, آقای Javad Mesrabadi,
Volume 10, Issue 2 (10-2022)
Abstract
This research aimed to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based socio-emotional learning program with/and without Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on sustained attention and response inhibition in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This research was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all students aged 11 to 14 who referred to child and adolescent counseling centers in Khoy city in 2021-2022 year. 45 people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder of the mixed type were selected from among those who refer to the treatment centers by the purposeful sampling method and randomly replaced in two experimental groups and one control group. The first experimental group received the mindfulness-based socio-emotional learning program combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and the second experimental group received the mindfulness-based socio-emotional learning program for 8 weeks, but the control group did not receive any intervention. All participants were measured before and after the training using continuous performance test and GO/NO-GO test. For data analysis, multivariate covariance analysis was used in SPSS program. Data analysis showed that mindfulness-based socio-emotional learning combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation compared to the other two groups and mindfulness-based socio-emotional learning compared to the control group were more effective on sustained attention and response inhibition. According to the findings, it can be suggested that the mindfulness-based socio-emotional learning program combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation is an effective intervention to improve the cognitive functions of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Zahra Tarazi, Molok Khademi Ashkezari, Mahnaz Akhavan Tafti,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (12-2023)
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Aim: The aim of this research was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of attributional retraining program, emotion regulation and cognitive-social problem solving on Improvement of social adjustment and reduction of academic burnout in Students with early learning disabilities in Tehran. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest, and follow-up.The participants consisted of 40 students with learning disability of 8 to 12 years old.They were selected through Simple random sampling and randomly divided into 3 experimental groups and a control group. attributional retraining, emotion regulation and social-cognitive problem solving training were presented in 8 sessions, each lasting 1 hours, in the 3 experimental groups. Brosu et al. academic burnout Questionnaire and Sinha and Sing Social Adjustment questionnaire were used in the pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The data were analyzed using MANCOVA, ANCOVA. Findings: The results showed that attributional retraining, emotion regulation and social-cognitive problem solving training caused a significant increase in social adjustment and a significant decrease in academic burnout. In addition the emotional regulation and cognitive-social problem solving programs were more effective with the same effect than the attributional retraining program in increasing social adjustment. Conclusions: the use of the present research results can be effective in the designing of preventive educational programs and improving educational achievements.
Masoomeh Joharifard, Kianoosh Zahrakhar, Noorali Farrokhi, Mozhgan Mardanirad,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (3-2024)
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The risk-taking behaviors have increased among Iranian girls in recent years and risk-taking behaviors endanger their physical, mental, and social health. Therefore, present study aimed to discriminational role of metacognitive beliefs, identity styles, negative repetitive thoughts, resilience in prediction tendency to high-risk behaviors in girls aged 16-18 years. The research design was a two-group diagnostic function. The statistical population consists of all girls students aged 16-18 years in Karaj city in year academic 2019-2020. In this study, according to convenience sampling method, 360 people female students by formula Kline (2016) were selected as samples and participants were divided into two groups (64 girls as high risk and 296 girls as normal). Participants responded to Iranian adolescents risk-taking scale of Zadeh Mohammadi and et al (2011), meta-cognitions questionnaire of Cartwright-Hatton & Wells (1997), revised identity style inventory of Berzonsky and et al (2013), repetitive thinking questionnaire-10 of McEvoy and et al (2014) and resilience scale of Connor and Davidson (2003). Data were analyzed by SPSS-24 software, using discriminant analysis method. The results showed that metacognitive beliefs, identity styles, negative repetitive thoughts, resilience can help to prediction tendency to high-risk behaviors. Function discriminant analysis assigned 98/1 percent of the normal girls and high-risk behaviors. Based on the results of the present study, metacognitive beliefs, identity styles, negative repetitive thoughts, resilience is an important step in identifying the factors that are effective in tendency to high-risk behaviors in adolescents. Therefore, the results study can be useful for the design and development of on tendency to high-risk behaviors in adolescent’s prevention programs.
Mr Emad Aldin Ahrari, Mrs Fatemeh Alipour, Mr Seyed Qasem Mosleh, Dr Siavash Sheikhalizadeh,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (3-2024)
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The aim of this study was to differentiate students with high and low academic performance based on the components of academic self-regulation and cognitive flexibility. The study type was causal-comparative and its statistical population included all male and female high school students in Khaf city in the academic year 2022-2023, among whom finally 371 individuals were selected by cluster sampling, according to Krejcie and Morgan’s table. Data were collected using Dennis and Vanderwall (2010) Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire, Sevari and Arabzadeh Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire (2013), and the first semester GPA of 2022-2023 academic year. Data were analyzed using discriminant analysis. The findings of discriminant analysis led to a significant discriminant function which showed the components of controllability perception, Alternatives perception and organization had the highest differentiation power (p <0.01). The results of the discriminant analysis showed that according to the obtained function, 86.2% of students in the two groups were correctly reclassified which indicates the ability of these components to differentiate students at different levels of academic performance.
Vahide Seyed Mohseni, Dr Hadi Keramati, Dr Mohammad Hossein Abdpllahi, Dr Hamid Reza Hassan Abadi,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (6-2024)
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The objective of the present study was to compare the impact of two distinct educational approaches, namely the Montessori and robot-based methodologies, on students' executive functions. The research design was quasi-experimental, with two experimental groups and a post-test and follow-up. A total of 34 available female students from the second elementary grade were selected from the schools where Montessori classes were held. The students were free from physical or mental impairments and did not exhibit learning disorders. Each experimental group received one of the training methods in 12 sessions of 75-90 minutes. Following this, the post-test and follow-up were conducted using the Wisconsin tool to evaluate cognitive flexibility, the Stroop task to evaluate response inhibition, and the Cornoldi task to evaluate working memory. Multivariate mixed-variance analysis was employed to analyze the data. The findings of the study indicated a significant difference between the two educational approaches in enhancing students' executive functions (p<0.01). Additionally, the subscales of executive functions (as defined by Miyake, 2000) demonstrated significant differences, thereby corroborating the efficacy of the Montessori educational method in fostering cognitive flexibility and response inhibition. However, with regard to working memory, the robot-based educational method was found to be of greater importance. Due to the nature of the Montessori education method, which is based on fully targeted tools and activities, the above results are acceptable; Also, due to the sequence of programming in educational robots and the need to use previous information and pay attention to the previous stages of coding, the effectiveness of robot-based education is also acceptable.
Pariya Sadat Meraji Saeed, Dr. Zahra Hashemi, Fateme Fooladi,
Volume 12, Issue 2 (9-2024)
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and creativity, emphasizing the mediating role of executive functions among students. This research was a correlational study. The study population included all the students of Al-Zahra University (S) in the academic year 1402-1403, from which 245 students were selected using the access method. To collect data, Baumrind’s parenting styles questionnaire, Abedi’s creativity assessment test, and Najati’s cognitive abilities questionnaire were used. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and structural equation modeling with the help of Amos24 and spss22 software. The research findings indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between parenting styles and creativity and executive functions (P<0.01). Also, the model of the mediating role of executive functions had a good fit in the relationship between parenting styles and creativity. As a result, it can be said that the variable of executive functions has a significant mediating role in the relationship between parenting styles and creativity. Therefore, it is necessary to help strengthen children's creativity through their executive functions by informing parents about various parenting styles.
