The Effectiveness of Creativity Training by Using Lego on the Emotioen Regulation of Gifted Children

The aim of this study was to the effectiveness of creativity training by using lego on the emotioen regulation and cognitive emotional regulation of gifted children.

The research method was a pretest-posttest test with control group in this study. The statistical society of this study included all children aged 4 to 5 are at lego education center in Tehran in the academic year 1397-98. For this purpose, 30 children were selected by available sampling. The research instrument consisted of emotioen regulation questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003), intelligence scale Stanford binet (Roid, 2003) and emotioen regulation checklist (Shields & Cicchetti, 1998). The experimental group was trained with creativity training by using lego in 12 sessions 60 minute. Data were analyzed by using covariance analysis.

The results showed that family-centered structured games using Lego bricks had a significant effect on the emotioen regulation subscale (emotioen regulation & emotional instability) (p < 0.01). But this effect on the cognitive emotioen regulation subscale (expressive source & cognitive reassessment) was not significant (P> 0.01).

Therefore, consultants and therapists can benefit from creativity training by using lego method for improve emotioen regulation of gifted children.