The Effect of Perceptual -Motor Training and Mindfulness on Performance and Working Memory in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Farsi, Alireza; Pirian, Fatemeh

doi:10.22089/spsyj.2020.8905.1961

The Effect of Perceptual -Motor Training and Mindfulness on Performance and Working Memory in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Document Type : Original research

Authors

alireza farsi

fatemeh pirian

shahid beheshti university

10.22089/spsyj.2020.8905.1961

Abstract

The purpose of research was to determine the effect of perceptual-motor training and mindfulness on throwing task performance and spatial working memory of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with two experimental groups and one control group. In this study, 30 children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with mean age of 9.5 years were selected by convenience sampling method. They were randomly divided into two experimental and one control group. Blacksmith test and throw-in test (score) were taken as pre-test. Group intervention was conducted for four weeks, two sessions per week, and one hour each session, followed by a similar pre-test of the dependent variables. ANOVA and compound analysis of variance (3 groups * 2 time factors) with repeated measures and Bonferroni post hoc test for finding differences between groups and significance level (p

Keywords

Perceptual-motor

mindfulness

spatial working memory

throwing task performance

attention-deficit