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Khorasani Zadeh A, Bahrami H, Ahadi H. (2018). Effectiveness of working memory training on recovery from behavioral symptoms (attention-deficit and impulsivity) of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity. Journal of Psychological Science. 17(69), 537-544.
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Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the most prevalent neural-behavioral disorders attracting the attention of psychologists and psychiatrics from long ago. The present research addresses the issue that what is the effect of working memory training on behavioral symptoms of ADHD disorder. Aims: The aim of research is to study the effectiveness of working memory training on recovery of behavioral symptom of ADHD children in the format of a semi-experimental design from pretest-posttest type with the presence of control group; the intended sample included 40 volunteer students with ADHD which were placed randomly.Method:Research tools included clinical interview, Khodadadi Working Memory Training Software (2014), Conners’Parent Questionnaire-Revised (1999), Swanson SNAP-IV Rating Scale (1980). ADHD was diagnosed by clinical interview and SNAP-IV. In order to control the intelligence of subjects Riven children intelligence test (1938) was used. Test group attended in 10 working memory training sessions, while control group were not exposed to any intervention. Both groups’ subjects in both pretest-posttest completed Conners questionnaire and SNAP-IV. Results. Results obtained from multivariate covariance analysis indicated that working memory training has significantly reduced their impulsivity/ hyperactivity and increase in attention of experimental group, compared to control group in posttest phase(p<0/001).Conclusion: working memory training can be considered as a complementary therapeutic approach on recovery from behavioral symptoms (attention-deficit and impulsivity) of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity.