Open AccessComparing Executive Function of Normal Children with ADHD Children
Author(s) -
Fereshteh Heydari,
Shohreh Farahani
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of psychological studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-722X
pISSN - 1918-7211
DOI - 10.5539/ijps.v8n3p11
Subject(s) - psychology , executive functions , cognition , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , significant difference , test (biology) , rehabilitation , attention deficit , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , audiology , psychiatry , medicine , neuroscience , paleontology , biology
This study was conducted to compare with the executive function of ADHD versus normal male and female children. To obtain this objective, 30 ADHD children referring a private psychological center for the first time who had taken no medication for this disorder, and 30 normal children from one of the schools of District 14 in Tehran were selected randomly who were of the same age and gender of ADHD children. Wisconsin test was used as a measurement tool. Results showed that there is a significant difference between the average scores of the executive function of normal and ADHD children as well as average scores of the executive function of normal boys and ADHD children at the 0.01 level. In addition, there was a significant difference between the average scores of the executive function of normal girls and ADHD girls at the 0.05 level according to which null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, ADHD children are of lower executive and cognitive function compared to normal children and have extensive cognitive deficits. Therefore, they require medications along with special training and rehabilitation.
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