The Effectiveness of Musical play on Anxiety and Depression in Elementary Secondary School Students with Visual Impairment

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of musical games on anxiety and depression in students with visual impairment in the second grade of elementary school. The present study is a experimental study with a pretest, posttest design with a control group. The statistical population includes 60 students with visual impairment aged 9 to 15 years (M = 11.74). Sampling by screening method with Spence Anxiety Questionnaire, CDI Depression Inventory and after matching based on age and type of visual impairment, 28 people were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 10 sessions of 30 minutes of intervention. Data were analyzed by SPSS software and statistical methods of analysis of covariance, independent t-test and paired t-test. The results of independent t-test showed that there was no difference between the groups in the baseline. Paired t-test results showed that there was a difference between pre-test and post-test of the experimental group.The results of analysis of covariance showed that in the experimental group there was a significant difference in the anxiety variable, but there was no significant difference in the depression variable. The final results showed that musical games can be a suitable method to affect the anxiety of children with visual impairment (P <0.0001). According to importance of play in children's lives, this method can empower and create a positive feeling, so planning to teach them ways to live happily is especially important .