the effectiveness of attribution retraining on health enhancement of epileptic children

how to cite this article: najafi fard t, pourmohamadreza-tajrishi m, sajedi f, rezasoltani p, delavar kasmaei h. the effectiveness of attribution retraining on health enhancement of epileptic children. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2):53-59. abstract objective epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease. evidence has indicated that epilepsy has an impact on mental and physical health of children. the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of attribution retraining on health enhancement of epileptic children. materials & methods this was an experimental study with a pre-test and a post-test design with a control group. thirty students with epilepsy (11 female and 19 male students) were selected in convenience from iranian epilepsy association. they were assigned to experimental and control groups and their mothers completed child health questionnaire (chq-pf.28) before and after the intervention. the experimental group attended to eleven sessions (each session 45 minutes; twice a week). subjects were trained by attribution retraining program, but control group was not. multivariate analysis of covariance (mancova) was used for analyzing the data. results health (both psychosocial and physical) of experimental group enhanced significantly after the intervention sessions compared to control group. conclusion attribution retraining is an effective intervention to enhance the psychosocial and physical health of epileptic children.   references   1. sadock b, sadock v, ruiz p. comprehensive textbook of psychiatry. philadelphia: williams and wilkins. 2009. 2. walter g, bradley r. neurology in clinical practice. b & h elsevier. 2008; 66:63-74. 3. baker ga, hargis e, hsih mms, mounfield h, arzimanoglou a, glauser t, et al. perceived impact of epilepsy in teenagers and young adults: an international survey. epilepsy behav 2008; 12(3):395-401. 4. konda k, ablah e, kond k, liow k. health behavior and conditions of persons with epilepsy: a bivariate analysis of 2002 buffs data 2009; 16:120-127. 5. mushi d, hunter e, mtuya c, mshana g, aris e, walker r. social–cultural aspects of epilepsy in kilimanjaro region, tanzania: knowledge and experience among patients and carers. epilepsy behav 2011; 20(2):338-43. 6. loughin j. college and epilepsy. j clin psychiat 2011; 38(3):295-300. 7. rodenburg r, wagner jl, austin jk, kerr m, dunn dw. psychosocial issues for children with epilepsy. epilepsy behav 2011; 22(1):47-54. 8. quintas r, raggi a, giovannetti am, pagani m, sabariego c, cieza a, et al. psychosocial difficulties in people with epilepsy: a systematic review of literature from 2005 until 2010. epilepsy behav 2012; 25(1):60-7. 9. vázquez c, jiménez f, saura f, avia md. the importance of “importance”: a longitudinal confirmation of the attributional-stress model of depression measuring the importance of the attributions and the impact of the stressor. personal individual diff 2001; 31(2):205-14. 10. sepahvand t, gilani b, zamani r. relationship between attributional styles with stressful life events and general health. psychol res 2007; 9(3,4): 33-46. 11. endermann m. predictors of health-related and global quality of life among young adults with difficult-to-treat epilepsy and mild intellectual disability. epilepsy behav 2013; 26(2):188-95. 12. jackson b, sellers r, peterson c. pessimistic explanatory style moderate the effect of stress on physical illness. personal individual diff 2002; 32:567-73. 13. seligman me, walker ef, rosenhan dl, norton w. abnormal psychology. 4, editor. new york: norton london; 2001. 14. schultz d, schultz s. theories of personality. tehran: virayesh publication; 2010. 15. seligman me. the optimistic child: a proven program to safeguard children against depression and build lifelong resilience. tehran: roshd publication; 2004. 16. saif a. modern educational psychology (psychology of learning and instruction). tehran: dowran publishing company; 2008. 17. salehi m, haghighat s. attribution retraining on student achievement an successful girl. psychol res 2008; 1(1):27-39. 18. rosendal m, fink p, bro f, olesen f. somatization, heartsink patients, or functional somatic symptoms? towards a clinical useful classification in primary health care. scandinavian j primary health care 2005; 23(1):3-10. 19. larisch a, schweickhardt a, wirsching m, fritzsche k. psychosocial interventions for somatizing patients by the general practitioner: a randomized controlled trial. j psychosom res 2004; 57(6):507-514. 20. vazehie ashtiani a. effect of training documents on attributional style, self-esteem, performance and persistence in mathematics students. j psychiatr clin psychol 2003; 35-87. 21. qaympnah z, azadfallah p, & tabatabai k. 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