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Background and Objective: Attention deficit hyperactive disorder [ADHD] is commnest psychological disorders in children. This study was done to evaluate the effectiveness of rhythmic games on social skills of children with ADHD
Methods: In this quasi -experimental study with pretest, post test and follow up with control group, 30 boys student with ADHD were non-randomly divided into the two groups. Conners rating scale and social skills checklist were used
Results: Social skills significantly increased in ADHD students and this effectiveness continued in follow up stage [P<0.05]
Conclusion: Play therapy is effective on social skills of children with ADHD
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Considering the importance of religion orientation in mental health and its stability up to adulthood, we performed this study to investigate religion/Islamic orientation and traits of students' personality on the basis of big five- factors of personality [NEO]. This was a descriptive - analytical study. 272 subjects [men=128, women=144] between 18 and 28 years of age were selected by cluster sampling method and were assessed by means of two questionnaires: 1] Short - form of NEO- Personality Inventory and 2] Islamic-Religious Orientation questionnaire. SPSS software was used for data analysis. The results of this study showed that all the traits of five factors of personality except for neuroticism had correlation with religious orientation [P<0.01]. Factor of openness to experience predicted 0.11 of religion orientation in the students. According to the results of this study, there was a significant difference in religion orientation between males and females [t= -2/21]. In general in our study, the personality traits had correlation with religion orientation and among them openness to experience had a more important role