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:: Volume 4, Issue 1 (Vol4 No1 Spring 2017 - 2017) ::
J Child Ment Health 2017, 4(1): 119-128 Back to browse issues page
Comparison of the Working Memory Profile of Children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Children with Dyslexia with Normal Children
Mahshid Zaghian * 1, Moslem Asli Azad2 , Tahereh Farhadi2
1- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan
2- Islamic Azad University of Isfahan (Khorasgan), Young Researchers Club, Isfahan
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Background and Purpose: Some psychological disorders and childhood learning such as dyslexia and ADHD can affect the cognitive process of children. Therefore, the present study was conducted to compare the working memory profile of children with ADHD and children with dyslexia with normal ones.

Method: The present study was descriptive and causal-comparative. The research sample consisted of 30 children dyslexia, 30 children with ADHD, and 30 normal students in elementary school that was selected through multi-stage random sampling among the elementary students of the third grade in Isfahan in the academic year of 2012-2013. To collect data in this research, the fourth edition of the Wechsler intelligence scale for children –revised- fourth edition (Wechsler, 2003), dyslexia diagnosis test (Shafie, 2009) and the conners Scale for assessing ADHD (Brooke and Clington, 2007) were used. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA.

Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between the three groups of students in the working memory (P < 0.05). The result of the post hoc test showed that that working memory performance in normal students was better than the other two groups. The ADHD group also has a higher working memory score than dyslexic students (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, one of the cognitive problems of students with dyslexia and ADHD is weakness in working memory that appropriate educational interventions should be designed and implemented in accordance with their cognitive status.

Keywords: Working Memory, dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2016/09/30 | Accepted: 2017/04/16 | Published: 2017/07/19
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Zaghian M, Asli Azad M, Farhadi T. Comparison of the Working Memory Profile of Children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Children with Dyslexia with Normal Children. J Child Ment Health 2017; 4 (1) :119-128
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Volume 4, Issue 1 (Vol4 No1 Spring 2017 - 2017) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه سلامت روان کودک Quarterly Journal of Child Mental Health
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