The Effect of Group Play Training on Adaptive Behavior of Girls and Boys with Educable Mental Disabilities
Subject Areas : EducationalArezoo Shahmive Isfahani 1 , Mansoure Bahramipour 2 , Tahere Heidari 3 , Salar Faramarzi 4
1 - دانشجوی دکترای دانشگاه اصفهان
2 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی اصفهان (خوراسگان)
3 - کارشناس ارشد روانشناسی دانشگاه اصفهان
4 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه اصفهان
Keywords: mental disability, group play training, adapted behavior,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of group play training on adaptive behavior of educable mentally disabled students. The statistical population of this study included all students with intellectual disability in grades 1, 2, 3 of educable primary schools in Isfahan. The sample included 40 students (20 boys and 20 girls) who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Then they were randomly divided into two groups: the experimental (10 girls and 10 boys) and control (10 girls and 10 boys) groups. The instrument used in this research was, Vineland Social Maturity Scale (Doll, 1965). The pretest was administered to both the experimental and control groups. Then experimental group received the group play training for 8 sessions, each, one hour. Then post-test administered. The results of co-variance analyses showed that group play training had a significant effect on adaptive behavior of these children (P < 0.0001). Also, the results showed that there was no significant difference between girl's and boy's mean scores of Vineland social maturity scale in post test. The finding showed that the group play training could increase adaptive behavior in students with intellectual disabilities (P < .0001).
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