1- PhD student of Educational Psychology, Azad University, Research Sciences Unit, Tehran, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran center, Tehran, Iran
3- Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran center, Tehran, Iran
3- Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Background and purpose: One of the ways that is effective in improving neurological problems and individual and interpersonal communication caused by emotional and environmental deprivation of children living in quasi-families is to strengthen executive function. This study was conducted with the aim of neurocognitive music therapy intervention and its effectiveness on the executive functions of children in Tehran.
Research method: This study was of an experimental type, in which 32 students aged 7 to 12 years old from two care centers for orphaned girls and boys in Tehran city were selected by available sampling method and by random replacement method, an equal number of them were divided into experimental and control groups. They got. The intervention of music therapy based on the musical training of Michael Thaut(2005) executive function was designed in collaboration with a music expert and after calculating the internal validity of the program, 20 sessions of the music program were held in the form of two sessions of 45 minutes per week for 3 months in the child care center for the experimental group. To evaluate executive function, computerized Wisconsin card(Berg and et all, 1984) sorting test was used. Data analysis was done using the analysis of variance test with repeated measurements through SPSS software version 25 and at a significance level of 0.05.
Results: Analysis of variance with repeated measurement showed that the intervention of music therapy of neuroscience caused a significant change in the number of correct answers (p<0.001) of children in the experimental group. Also, this intervention led to a significant trend in the number of errors in children's survival (p=0.002).
Conclusion: The findings showed that the neurological music intervention had a significant effect on the executive function. This intervention can be used effectively in care centers for bad and orphaned children.
Research method: This study was of an experimental type, in which 32 students aged 7 to 12 years old from two care centers for orphaned girls and boys in Tehran city were selected by available sampling method and by random replacement method, an equal number of them were divided into experimental and control groups. They got. The intervention of music therapy based on the musical training of Michael Thaut(2005) executive function was designed in collaboration with a music expert and after calculating the internal validity of the program, 20 sessions of the music program were held in the form of two sessions of 45 minutes per week for 3 months in the child care center for the experimental group. To evaluate executive function, computerized Wisconsin card(Berg and et all, 1984) sorting test was used. Data analysis was done using the analysis of variance test with repeated measurements through SPSS software version 25 and at a significance level of 0.05.
Results: Analysis of variance with repeated measurement showed that the intervention of music therapy of neuroscience caused a significant change in the number of correct answers (p<0.001) of children in the experimental group. Also, this intervention led to a significant trend in the number of errors in children's survival (p=0.002).
Conclusion: The findings showed that the neurological music intervention had a significant effect on the executive function. This intervention can be used effectively in care centers for bad and orphaned children.
Keywords: executive function, neuropsychological therapy music, Orphans and Abandoned children, Wisconsin test
Type of Study: Original Research Article |
Subject:
Psychology
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