Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Lecturer, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Lecture, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
4 Master Degree, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Purpose and Background: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of sports activities with music on the attention of educable students with intellectual disabilities in Yazd.
Materials and Methods: For this purpose, 40 mentally retarded girls with IQ of 50-70 were selected by selective sampling from Kosar exceptional school in Yazd and based on pre-test scores were homogeneously divided into four experimental and control groups. They included music, exercise, exercise with music, and control. The selected program was for 45 weeks and 1 session per week for 45 minutes with music for the subjects. At the end of the course, post-test was performed again in all four groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and intra-group changes of dependent t-test and extra-group changes as post-test and pre-test of one-way analysis of variance.
Results: The results of one-way analysis of variance showed that the attention score among the groups before the test was insignificant (P = 0.634) and after the test was significant (P = 0.0001). The mean changes in the attention score in the post-test stage The test was significantly increased compared to the pre-test in the groups of sports, music, sports + music.
Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, it seems that sports and music activities have a positive effect on improving attention in children with mental disabilities.
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