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Volume 24, Issue 148 (6-2025)
Journal of Psychological Science 2025, 24(148): 39-60 |
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khosravi E, sharifidaramadi P, nikkhoo F, asgari M. (2025). Development and feasibility of an emotional information processing treatment protocol to improve executive functions and quality of life in school in students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Psychological Science. 24(148), 39-60.
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Professor, Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran , sharifidaramadi@atu.ac.ir
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Background: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) presents a person with many issues and problems that affect their lives. Therefore, a treatment program that can help improve the process of executive functions and increase the quality of life at school for students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder seems necessary.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to develop and assess the feasibility of an emotional information processing therapy protocol to improve executive functions and quality of life in school among students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Methods: The present study employed a qualitative approach using an exploratory method. The target population consisted of all specialists in exceptional child psychology in Iran during the years 2023-2024. The research sample consisted of 13 participants selected purposively. After reviewing the existing literature on emotional information processing, interviews were conducted with these 13 specialists to extract therapeutic factors. To validate the therapeutic factors, both the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and Content Validity Index (CVI) were utilized. The obtained CVR was compared with the Lawshe table (CVR >0/54). A CVI value greater than 0/79 was deemed acceptable. For the feasibility scale, a 50-item checklist developed by Shalani was employed, which included various components such as acceptability and relevance, applicability and demand, integrity, adaptability, resources, as well as feasibility and generalizability.
Results: The results showed that the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) ranged from 0/85 to 1, and the Content Validity Index (CVI) ranged from 0/92 to 1, indicating that the therapy protocol had satisfactory content validity. Additionally, the feasibility results demonstrated that the average score of all therapeutic components was higher than the overall mean, confirming the protocol feasibility.
Conclusion: Considering that the therapeutic components and the emotional information processing protocol exhibited good validity, and that the protocol demonstrated strong acceptability, relevance, applicability, demand, integrity, adaptability, resources, as well as feasibility and generalizability, it can be concluded that the emotional information processing protocol is suitable for clinical intervention.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to develop and assess the feasibility of an emotional information processing therapy protocol to improve executive functions and quality of life in school among students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Methods: The present study employed a qualitative approach using an exploratory method. The target population consisted of all specialists in exceptional child psychology in Iran during the years 2023-2024. The research sample consisted of 13 participants selected purposively. After reviewing the existing literature on emotional information processing, interviews were conducted with these 13 specialists to extract therapeutic factors. To validate the therapeutic factors, both the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and Content Validity Index (CVI) were utilized. The obtained CVR was compared with the Lawshe table (CVR >0/54). A CVI value greater than 0/79 was deemed acceptable. For the feasibility scale, a 50-item checklist developed by Shalani was employed, which included various components such as acceptability and relevance, applicability and demand, integrity, adaptability, resources, as well as feasibility and generalizability.
Results: The results showed that the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) ranged from 0/85 to 1, and the Content Validity Index (CVI) ranged from 0/92 to 1, indicating that the therapy protocol had satisfactory content validity. Additionally, the feasibility results demonstrated that the average score of all therapeutic components was higher than the overall mean, confirming the protocol feasibility.
Conclusion: Considering that the therapeutic components and the emotional information processing protocol exhibited good validity, and that the protocol demonstrated strong acceptability, relevance, applicability, demand, integrity, adaptability, resources, as well as feasibility and generalizability, it can be concluded that the emotional information processing protocol is suitable for clinical intervention.
Keywords: Emotional information processing, executive functions, quality of life, attention deficit /hyperactivity disorder
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