Parvin Hosseini Ashkezary; Shekoofeh Mottaghi; mohsen saeidmanesh; Afsaneh Moradi
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Introduction: Test anxiety is one of the most common psychological problems in the study period and has important psychological consequences. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of stress-based mindfulness therapy and direct electrical stimulation of the cerebral cortex in improving ...
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Introduction: Test anxiety is one of the most common psychological problems in the study period and has important psychological consequences. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of stress-based mindfulness therapy and direct electrical stimulation of the cerebral cortex in improving anxiety symptoms in students with test anxiety. Method: This study was a quasi-experimental study with a control group and pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. The statistical population included all students with anxiety disorder in the first year of high school in Ashkzar in 2020, 48 of whom were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group. To collect data, Friedman (1997) test anxiety questionnaire was performed on both experimental groups. Experiment group "A" received 8 sessions of one-hour mindfulness intervention based on stress reduction and experimental group "B" received 10 sessions of 20 minutes of direct electrical stimulation of the cerebral cortex, during which the control group did not receive treatment. At the end of the interventions, post-test was performed again in all three groups and finally a two-month follow-up was performed. Results: The results showed that mindfulness therapy based on stress reduction and direct stimulation of the cerebral cortex were both effective in improving anxiety symptoms (p<0.05). Compared to the two methods on reducing test anxiety symptoms, the effectiveness of stress-based mindfulness was stronger. Conclusion: According to the results, mindfulness-based techniques and direct stimulation of the cerebral cortex can be used to reduce students' test anxiety symptoms.
farangis demehri; LAYA KHAYAMBASHI; Mohsen Saeidmanesh
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of rehabilitation, using Dohsa-Hou, on auditory memory and problem solving in children with learning disorder and auditory discrimination problem in Esfahan. Method: The research method was semi-experimental and study conducted in the ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of rehabilitation, using Dohsa-Hou, on auditory memory and problem solving in children with learning disorder and auditory discrimination problem in Esfahan. Method: The research method was semi-experimental and study conducted in the form of a pretest-post-test with control group design. The target community of all children with learning disorder in Esfahan which has some forms of auditory discrimination problem. One of the centers of learning disabilities in Isfahan province was referred to the Center for New Immune Disorders, and then among those who had entry criteria, 30 individuals were selected through available sampling method and then randomly assigned into two groups of experimental and control. After doing the pretest in the two groups, the experimental group received 10 therapy sessions Dohsa-Hou rehabilitation, each lasting 60 minutes. Both groups were then subjected to post-test and follow-up. Data were collected using Hepner problem solving questionnaires(1982) and active memory of Dainiman and Carpenter(1980). Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. Result: after rehabilitation sessions, the mean in problem solving and memory in experimental group significantly increase compared to their previous levels(p<0/001). In control group no significant difference was found. Conclusion: rehabilitation, using Dohsa-Hou was effective in improving acoustic memory and problem solving in children with learning disorder and auditory discrimination problem.
shima mohamadi; farangis demehri; Mohsen Saeidmanesh
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Introduction:In children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, defects in executive functions are also recognized.The aim of this study was to measure the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on improvement of executive function of response inhibition in children with attention deficit ...
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Introduction:In children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, defects in executive functions are also recognized.The aim of this study was to measure the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on improvement of executive function of response inhibition in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methode: The present study was semi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test with control group. In this study, children aged 7 to 12 years who were diagnosed with (ADHD) by psychological experts of the counseling center of Kermanshah were selected. 20 of these children (10 girls and 10 boys) were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group was subjected to 12 sessions of The Captain's Log Mind Power Builder and the control group did not receive treatment. After the last session of treatment, both groups were re-evaluated. Data were analyzed by covariance analysis using SPSS_23 software. Findings: The findings showed that cognitive rehabilitation was effective on improvement of executive function of response inhibition in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Conclusion: Therefore, we recommend a cognitive rehabilitation program for improving the executive function of response inhibition of children with ADHD.
Mohammad sadegh Rajaie pour; Mohsen Saeidmanesh
Volume 4, Issue 13 , August 2018, , Pages 67-84
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of electrical stimulation of the brain from the skull on the memory of students with special learning disorder. Method: The present study was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test with control group. To this end, the sample was selected through ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of electrical stimulation of the brain from the skull on the memory of students with special learning disorder. Method: The present study was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test with control group. To this end, the sample was selected through a sampling method from among students with learning disabilities who were eligible to participate in the study. Twenty people were selected and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The geometric image analysis of Andre-Ray (1942) was used to measure memory variables in the form of pre-test and post-test. The F3, F4 students in the experimental group were brainwashed in 10 sessions, while the control group students were only stimulated by the same conditions. The protocol in this study was a two-way stimulation of the left and right DLPFC area, which was performed in 2 15-minute intervals. Findings: In order to test the research hypothesis, in other words, generalization of the results of the sample to the statistical population of the study, one-way covariance analysis (ANCOVA) was used. Conclusion: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the two experimental and control groups in memory improvement (P <0.05 and F = 29.66). From the results, it can be concluded that the electrical stimulation of the brain from the tDCS skull is effective on the memory performance of students with special learning disabilities.
