The effect of Executive Function Training on emotional behavioral problems in pre-school children in Isfahan
Subject Areas : Educationalelham amini 1 , Hossein Molavi 2
1 - Psychology, Khomeini Shahr Branch, Islamic Azad University Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Professor, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Keywords: Emotional behavioral problems, Executive Function, pre-school children.,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was investigating the effect of Executive Function Training (response inhibition, active memory, flexibility, and attention) on emotional behavioral problems in pre-school children with executive functions. The research design was quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test and control group. Statistical population also included all of pre-school children in 5-6 years old in Isfahan in 2016-2017. For doing research, 30 pre-school Childs with executive functions were selected by cluster random sampling and were assigned randomly in experimental and control group (15 people in each group), and experimental group trained by EFT program. In pre-test and post-test stage, emotional behavioral problems was measured by the Child Behavioral Scale (CBCL) of Ahnenbach (Achenbach, 1991). The data was analyzed by Covarianc analysis. Results showed that Executive Function Training (EFT) had a significant effects on emotional-behavioral problems on pre-school children (anxiety, depression, phisical complaint, social problems, thinking disorders, attention problems, aggressive behavior and law breaking behavior) (p<0.01).
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