The Effectiveness of Rhythmic Poetry Training on Improving of Working Memory, decreasing of Severity of Stuttering and Anxiety in Children with Stuttering

Subject Areas : Educational Science

Samad Rahmati ¹ , Reyhaneh Jabbari ² , Tahereh Samin ³

1 - Ph.D. of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 - Ph.D. Student of Consultation, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
3 - Master of General Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2019-08-02 Accepted : 2021-04-17 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: working memory, anxiety, Stuttering, Rhythmic Poetry Training,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to the effectiveness of rhythmic poetry training on improving of working memory and decreasing of severity of stuttering and anxiety in children with stuttering. The experimental design was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population included all children 12-6 year old with stutterers referring to speech therapy centers in Ahvaz in the year 1396. Among the statistical population of this study were selected 30 people using convenience sampling, and were placed randomly in experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups; and responded to Stuttering Severity Instrument (Reynolds & Richmond, 1985),Nonword Repetition test (Barikroo et al., 2011) and Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (Riley, 1994). The control group was awaited and rhythmic poetry training for the experimental group was carried out in 16 sessions of 60 minutes each week for 2 sessions; Then, at the end of the therapeutic interventions and again 2 months later, the subjects of the experimental and control groups were evaluated by questionnaires. Data were analyzed using mixed variance analysis with repeated measures. The results showed that rhythmic poetry training improved the function of active memory and decreased stuttering and anxiety in children with stuttering and this effect remained stable at follow up stage. rhythmic poetry training by strengthen the role of the right hemisphere in language control and increase nerve branches by forming and activating the cerebral cortex leads to improved the function of active memory and reduced stuttering and anxiety in children with stuttering.