7- The Effectiveness of a counseling program in reducing over confidence in a sample of children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Abstract

This study aimed to reduce overconfidence among a sample of ADHD children. The study sample consisted of 20 male and female ADHD children, divided equally into two groups, 10 for the experimental group and 10 for the control one. Their ages were between (11-12) years. The study used the experimental method including the experimental and control groups, the pre-, post-, and follow up measurement. To ensure the parity between the two groups, the researcher calculated parity in accordance with their intelligence, age, economic, cultural, and social level, and the degree of hyperactivity. And the lack of attention and the pre- measurement of overconfidence by calculating the non- parametric Mann- Whitney U test to indicate differences between independent groups. The study relied on tools that were the list of primary data (prepared by: the researcher), the measure of overconfidence for children with hyperactivity and attention deficit (prepared by: the researcher), and the confidence- reducing program. Hyperactivity disorder in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (prepared by: the researcher), the Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices test (prepared by Imad Hassan, 2020), the measure of the economic, social, and cultural level (prepared by Muhammad Saafan and Duaa Khattab, 2016), and ADHD Test (Prepared by Abdel Raqeeb Al- Behairi, 2011). To achieve the objectives of the study, calculate the psychometric efficiency of the overconfidence scale, and verify the validity of the study hypotheses and the study sample, the researcher used the following statistical methods: Mann-Whitney U test to indicate differences between independent groups, and Wilcoxon test to measure differences between the related groups, means and standard deviation, parametric t-test for the significance of the differences between the independent groups, the Cronbach's Alpha, and Split- Half Method. The results of the study indicated the effectiveness of the counseling program in reducing overconfidence (emotional bias- loss aversion- overreaction- excessive impulsivity) among the study sample of ADHD children (the experimental group).