عنوان

مقایسه ی کارکردهای اجرایی، تکانشگری سریع پاسخ و تکانشگری انتخاب در کودکان مبتلا به اختلال نقص توجه /بیش فعالی و کودکان عادی,‮‭Comparison of executive functions, rapid response impulsivity and choice impulsivity in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and normal children‬

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The aim of the current research is to compare the executive functions (verbal working memory and visual-spatial working memory, attention control), rapid response impulsivity and choice impulsivity in children with attention deficit/hyper activity disorder and normal children. This research has done on 19 children with attention deficit/hyper activity disorder and 20 normal children (at the age of 8 to 10 years). Causal-comparative method is used in this study and also available sampling method is used for sampling. The participants have been investigated using Conners questionnaire and structured detection interview and Raven IQ test, and they have been grouped after authenticating the entry criteria. The performance of groups in verbal working memory, visual-spatial working memory, attention control, rapid response impulsivity and choice impulsivity is determined respectively using Wechsler Digit Span Subset and N-Back computerized task, Stroop, CPT-II, and Delay Discounting Task (Real-time). Also data have analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and SPSS software.The results of this research indicate a significant difference between groups in verbal working memory, attention control (inconsistent position) and rapid response impulsivity (p<0.05), while there is no significant difference between groups in visual-spatial working memory and choice impulsivity (p<0.05). According to the results of this study, children with attention deficit/hyper activity disorder have shown a weaker performance than normal children in the tasks of verbal working memory, attention control and rapid response impulsivity and these results are consistent and in line with Barkley theory. But no significant difference was observed in tasks of visual-spatial working memory and choice impulsivity and these results are inconsistent with Barkley theory