Designing an educational board game and investigating its effectiveness on symptoms of Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in childrenwith ADHD
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
10.22098/jrp.2025.16251.1272
Abstract
This study designed an educational board game and investigated its effectiveness on the symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. The statistical population included 40 children aged 7 to 9 years in Baharestan County, Tehran Province in 2023 and selected by purposeful sampling and divided into two experimental and control groups randomly. The educational game was performed for 10 sessions in the experimental group. Research tools included the SNAP-IV questionnaire and diagnostic interview. Data were analyzed using repeated measures variance test in SPSS 23 software. The results showed that the educational board game had a significant effect on reducing children's hyperactivity symptoms and there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups. Also, these effects remained stable in the follow-up phase. According to the findings, it can be generally concluded that play therapy, including physical games and cognitive games such as educational board games, can be used alongside first-line treatments as a complement or as an independent intervention for these children.
golestani, E. , Atadokht, A. , Mikaeili, N. and Hajloo, N. (2025). Designing an educational board game and investigating its effectiveness on symptoms of Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in childrenwith ADHD. Journal of Research in Psychopathology, (), -. doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16251.1272
MLA
golestani, E. , , Atadokht, A. , , Mikaeili, N. , and Hajloo, N. . "Designing an educational board game and investigating its effectiveness on symptoms of Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in childrenwith ADHD", Journal of Research in Psychopathology, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16251.1272
HARVARD
golestani, E., Atadokht, A., Mikaeili, N., Hajloo, N. (2025). 'Designing an educational board game and investigating its effectiveness on symptoms of Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in childrenwith ADHD', Journal of Research in Psychopathology, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16251.1272
CHICAGO
E. golestani , A. Atadokht , N. Mikaeili and N. Hajloo, "Designing an educational board game and investigating its effectiveness on symptoms of Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in childrenwith ADHD," Journal of Research in Psychopathology, (2025): -, doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16251.1272
VANCOUVER
golestani, E., Atadokht, A., Mikaeili, N., Hajloo, N. Designing an educational board game and investigating its effectiveness on symptoms of Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in childrenwith ADHD. Journal of Research in Psychopathology, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.22098/jrp.2025.16251.1272
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