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:: Volume 2, Issue 4 (Vol2 No4 Winter 2016 - 2016) ::
J Child Ment Health 2016, 2(4): 103-112 Back to browse issues page
The Comparison of Efficacy of Group Art Therapy and Puppet Play Therapy on the Social Skills of Children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
Bita Shalani * 1, Pegah Azadimanesh
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Background and Purpose: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the most common neuro-developmental disorder in childhood which leads to problems in educational and social abilities as well as family life. The purpose of present research was to investigate the role of group art therapy and Puppet play therapy on improving social skills in children with AD/HD.

 Method: This Quasi-experimental study was one pretest-posttest design with tow experimental groups. The statistical population consisted of students from two of the six school of Kermanshah City, that 24 students was selected randomly and were divided into two experimental and one control groups. Gresham and Elliott Social Skills Scale (1990) were used to assess the student’s social skills. After applying the social Skills Scale as a pre-test, one experimental group received 9 sessions (each session was 45-60 minutes) group art therapy. Second experimental group received 10 sessions (each session was 45 minutes) Puppet play therapy. The control group received the usual curriculum. After the intervention, social skills were measured one more time and data were analyzed using analysis of variance.

Results: The results showed that both groups had a significant increase in social skills and its subscales and this increase was higher in art therapy group than play therapy group (p<0.001).

Conclusion: According to the results, it can be said that art therapy and play therapy can be used as a therapeutic approach to teaching social skills in these children.

Keywords: Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, group art therapy, puppet play therapy, social skills
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2015/08/5 | Accepted: 2015/11/14 | Published: 2016/03/11
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Shalani B, Azadimanesh P. The Comparison of Efficacy of Group Art Therapy and Puppet Play Therapy on the Social Skills of Children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder . J Child Ment Health 2016; 2 (4) :103-112
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Volume 2, Issue 4 (Vol2 No4 Winter 2016 - 2016) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه سلامت روان کودک Quarterly Journal of Child Mental Health
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