Effectiveness of child-centered play therapy on Resiliency and Improvement mother-child interaction in children with attention deficit- hyperactivity disorder

Background and Aim : The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a child-centered play therapy on Resiliency and Improvement on mother-child interaction in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD).Methods : The research method is quasi-experimental, and employed a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population includes all 7-12 year-old children with AD HD in Tehran s Psychology Clinic. For the sample selection, 30 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were selected in medical records and randomly assigned to two groups of 15 as experiment and control. The method of research sampling was available and purposeful. The child-centered therapy game was performed for 10 individual sessions, twice a week, and each session lasted 45 minutes in the experimental group. The Resiliency problems in children were measured by using the sears questionnaire and mother-child interaction in children were measured by using the pianta questionnaireResults : Data were analyzed by single-variable covariance analysis (ANCOVA).The findings of the research showed that there is a significant statistical difference between the experimental and control groupsConclusion : The child-centered play therapy increased the resilience (EF=0.67)and improve the mother-child interaction(EF=0.52) in children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder in the experimental group.

Keywords:

child centred play therapy , mother-child interaction , Resiliency , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder