The effectiveness of self-monitoring and self-reinforcement on improving social skills and student`s educational performance with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Saeed Teimori ¹ , Gholamreza Khoeenejad ² , Zhaleh Hematyar ³ , Hosein Moameni Mahmouei ⁴

1 - Assistant professor, Islamic Azad University. Torbatejam Branch, Torbatejam, Iran.
2 - Professor, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Department of Education, Mashhad,Iran.
3 - Islamic Azad University,Torbatejam Branch,Department of Psychology,Torbatejam, Iran.
4 - Assistant professor, Islamic Azad University. Torbate Heydarieh Branch, Torbate Heydarieh, Iran.

Received: 2011-06-26 Accepted : 2011-10-22 Published : 2011-11-22

Keywords: academic achievement, Self-Regulatory Strategies, Social Skills Strengthening, attention deficit disorder, Interaction Increase,

Abstract :

This study was accomplished with the goal of considering the effect of self-control training on improving social skills and AD/HD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) students’ educational performance. This study followed a quasi-experimental design (pretest/posttest with a control group). The population of the study consisted of all first-grade elementary male students of Tabadkan region in Mashhad (1386-1387) from which the selected sample consisted of 60 male students. The 60 participants with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) were selected randomly; and were then divided into control and experimental groups (30 in each group, N=30). The Independent-Sample T-test was used for analyzing the data of the study. The results were indicative of a significant influence of the self-control method learning on the improvement of social progressing in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (not a progressing educational performance).