The effect of inhibitory control cognitive rehabilitation on response control and behavioral symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Najjari Alamooti, Batool; Peymani, Javid; Bahrami Hidaji, Maryam; Sodagar, Sheyda; Havasi Soomar, Nahid

doi:10.22038/mjms.2023.69355.4114

The effect of inhibitory control cognitive rehabilitation on response control and behavioral symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

batool Najjari Alamooti ¹

Javid Peymani ²

maryam Bahrami Hidaji ³

sheyda sodagar ⁴

Nahid Havasi Soomar ⁵

¹ Department of psychology, karaj branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj.Iran

² Department. Of Neuroscience, karaj branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj

³ Department. of psychology, karaj branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj.Iran

⁴ Department of Health Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

⁵ Department. of counseling, karaj branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj.Iran

10.22038/mjms.2023.69355.4114

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of cognitive rehabilitation of inhibitory control on response control and behavioral symptoms of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The research design was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population includes male and female students between 7 and 12 years old in the elementary school of Tehran in the academic year of 2021-2022 who were suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The participants were 30 students who were selected by available sampling method and randomly replaced in the experimental and control groups. The SNAP questionnaire (SNAP-IV, Swanson, Nolan and Pelham, 1980) and the go/no-go inhibitory control test (Wodka et al., 2007) were used to collect data. For data analysis, SPSS24 software and variance analysis method with repeated measurements were used. The results showed that there is a difference in the performance of the training group compared to the control group in the components of response control and reducing the severity of symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (P<0.05). The inhibitory control rehabilitation package, which includes structured games aimed at strengthening interference inhibition and response inhibition, has led to the improvement of the performance of students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the field of executive function of response control and reducing the severity of symptoms.

Keywords

cognitive rehabilitation

inhibitory control

response control

symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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