Journal of Neurodevelopmental Cognition
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Investigating the Effectiveness of “Executive Functions Educational” Package on Social Skill of Pre-school Children of the Age of 5-6 Years Old

https://doi.org/10.48308/jncog.2024.236877.1006
Volume 5, Issue 1
December 2024
Pages 74-87
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Cognition

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Sahar Shariati 1
Alireza Kiamanesh 2
Valialah Farzad 3

1 PhD Student of Department of Educational Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Ira

2 Professor of Psychology Department, Kharazmi University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.

3 Associate Professor of Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University.

Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of the executive functions training package on the social skills of preschool children. The research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up period. The research community was the new students who enrolled in preschool in 1401-1402. Among the preschool centers in Tehran, two centers were randomly selected as experimental and control groups. Among these two centers, 38 subjects were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The parents of the new students of both groups answered the Gresham and Elliot social skills questionnaire before the experimental intervention. After the experimental group underwent 20 sessions of training related to executive functions and response inhibition, the parents of both groups responded to the mentioned questionnaire. Two months after the completion of the training, a follow-up test was conducted on both experimental and control groups. The results of mixed variance analysis, taking into account the relevant presuppositions, showed that different results were obtained from the combination of test levels and group levels, and it can be said that training based on response inhibition can play an effective role in improving the social skills of new learners.

Keywords

social skills
executive functions
preschool
  • Receive Date 12 September 2024
  • Revise Date 06 October 2024
  • Accept Date 07 October 2024

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