The effectiveness of lego therapy on the resiliency of gifted children

Resiliency is one of the influential factors in the mental health of gifted children. The aim of this study was to the effectiveness of lego therapy on the resiliency of gifted children.

The statistical society of this study included all children aged 4 to 5 years who were at the lego education center in Tehran in the academic year 2018-2019. Among them, 30 children were selected by the convenient sampling method. Then they were randomly divided into two groups. The research instrument consisted of the Resiliency Questionnaire of Merle, (2008) and the Intelligence Scale of Stanford Binet Roid (2003). The experimental group received the lego bricks in 12 sixty-minute sessions. Data were analyzed by using covariance analysis.   

The results showed that training by lego bricks had a significant effect on the resiliency and subscale (self-regulatory, social ability, responsibility, and empathy) (F= 47.00, P<0.01).

Based on the findings, the training by lego bricks increases the resiliency of gifted children. Therefore, consultants and therapists can use the lego bricks method to improve the resiliency of gifted children.