The Effect of Educational Games on Internal and External Behavioral Disorders of Preschool Girls

Behavioral disorders in preschool children causes a lot of problems. They mainly use medical treatment to solve this problem. But this research looks for a non-pharmacological alternative through the educational games.
Data were gathered through randomized controlled trial method by using unequal control group design with pre-post test plan. The sample included 46 six years old girls. They were slected from a kindergarten in Boroujerd city, and through the creation of a random sequence divided to two groups, 24 as experimental and 22 as control groups. The instrument was (PKBS) observation form in behavior disorders status.Data were analyzed by independent and dependent T tests .
The results showed that there is a significant difference between the mean of the pre-test and post-test in internal (p≥0.0001) and external behavioral disorders (p≥0.0001) of preschool girls. Independent T test showed that there is significant difference between post-test of internal (p≥0.05) and external (p≥0.01) behavioral disorders of experimental and control groups to benefit of experimental group. There is no significant difference between pre-test and post-test of internal (p≥0.69) and external (p≥0.23) behavioral disorders in the control group.
According to the results the educational games showed significant effect on the improvement of behavioral disorder of preschool girls, therefore, it is approprate to apply the games as a non-pharmacological program in the relevant centers for children with behavioral disorders.