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The effect of music and dance on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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Title The effect of music and dance on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
 
Contributor Ram, Usha
 
Description With the growing awareness and incidence of ADHD as well the absence of a
newlinesatisfactory therapy, research in alternative therapeutic interventions for
newlineADHD is the need of the hour. The present study was a step in this direction.
newlineAn attempt was made to study two such alternative therapies, namely Dance
newlineand Music to reduce ADHD symptoms as measured by The ADHD Rating
newlineScale- IV by DuPaul (1998). The teachers and parents of 90 boys aged 10 to
newline12 years studying in class V to VII completed DuPaul s ADHD Rating Scale-
newlineIV. This helped identify the boys who were then, randomly divided into a
newlineDance intervention group (N = 30), a Music intervention group (N= 30) and a
newlineComparison group (N = 30). The intervention groups received 30 sessions of
newline40 minutes each of Dance and Music intervention respectively over a period
newlineof approximately six weeks. The subscales of the Rating Scale were selected
newlineas parameters of ADHD symptoms and were taken at the pretest as well as
newlineafter the intervention. Analysis of Covariance, holding the pretest as
newlinecovariates revealed that the Post Dance intervention scores were significantly
newlinelower than the Comparison group on the Inattention- Teachers ratings (F (1,
newline58) = 26.47, plt .01), Hyperactivity-Impulsivity- Teachers rating (F (1, 58) =
newline11.00, plt .01), Combined- Teachers rating (F (1, 58) = 22.48, plt .01),
newlineInattention- Parent s Rating (F (1, 58) = 26.53, p lt .01), Hyperactivity-
newlineImpulsivity Parent s Rating (F (1, 58) = 20.28, p lt .01) and Combined
newlineParent s Rating (F (1, 58) = 30.50, p lt .01).
Results and Discussion p.68-85
 
Date 2011-05-02T10:37:15Z
2011-05-02T10:37:15Z
2011-05-02
September 2007
 
Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/2016
 
Language English
 
Rights university
 
Format 85p.
DVD
 
Publisher Pune
University of Pune
Department of Psychology
 
Source INFLIBNET