conclusions attribution retraining improved mental health in the epileptic children in our study. it, therefore, seems to be an appropriate intervention for promoting the mental health of children. results the findings showed that the experimental group, in comparison with the control group, experienced a reduction in physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, and depression a...

how to cite this article: najafi fard t, pourmohamadreza-tajrishi m, sajedi f, rezasoltani p, delavar kasmaei h. the effectiveness of attribution retraining on health enhancement of epileptic children. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2):53-59. abstract objective epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease. evidence has indicated that epilepsy has an impact on mental and physical health of c...

Attributional retraining (AR) is a motivational intervention that consistently produces improved performance by encouraging controllable failure attributions. Research suggests that cognitively engaging AR methods are ideal for high-elaborating students, whereas affect-oriented techniques are better for low-elaborating students. College students' (N=749) elaborative learning was assessed in the...

OBJECTIVE Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease. Evidence has indicated that epilepsy has an impact on mental and physical health of children. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of attribution retraining on health enhancement of epileptic children. MATERIALS & METHODS This was an experimental study with a pre-test and a post-test design with a control group. Thirty st...

BACKGROUND Epilepsy affects children's quality of life and leads to social and mental problems. Promoting the mental health of children, especially epileptic ones, and preventing problems affecting them constitute major concerns for every country. Mental health promotion requires intervention programs. OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the efficacy of attribution retraining on the mental health ...