Designing a Cognitive Flexibility Training Program and its Impact on Reducing Behavioral Problems in Slow Paced Adolescent

The purpose of this study was to design a cognitive flexibility training program and its effect on reducing the behavioral problems of Slow Paced Adolescents.

This study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and control group design. 24 students were selected of 60 Slow Paced students aged 14-18 years old through available sampling method in Sarpolzahab city. Subjects were randomly divided to two groups that included 12 members (one test group and one control group). The experimental group received cognitive flexibility training in 15 sessions that each session was 45 minutes while the control group did not receive this training. For data collection, the Wisconsin test software and the CBCL questionnaire (parents and teachers forms). Data were analyzed by SPSS,.

The results of multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed a significant effect of cognitive flexibility training program on reducing behavioral problems in Slow Paced Adolescents. This results show that there is a significant difference between the experimental group and the control of at least one of the dependent variables in 0/001.

Behavioral problems can be reduced by using cognitive flexibility training Therefore, therapists can find new ways to solve behavioral problems by finding techniques to increase cognitive flexibility and educating them for Slow Paced Adolescences.