The Effect Of Brain Gymnastics Training On The Body Image, Excitement And Anxiety Of Elementary School Girls

Abstract

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of brain gymnastics training on the psychological functions of primary school girls. The design of this research was semi-experimental design containing pre-test-post-test and control group on the psychological performance of preschool children. The statistical population in this research was all the primary school girls in Tabriz. In the first stage of sampling from among the centers of the statistical population, all female primary school students of Tabriz city were selected by cluster sampling method of two education districts and finally two primary schools were selected. In the second stage, 30 children were voluntarily selected in the research and randomly placed in experimental and control groups. To collect information, Goodenough's manikin drawing test was used to measure psychological performance with a validity of 92%. Brain gymnastics activities were used for motor performance. To collect data SPSS 22 software and one-way analysis of covariance test at 0.05 level were used. The results showed that brain gymnastics exercises have a significant positive effect on psychological performance, body image, excitement, anxiety, depression, aggression and incompatibility of first and second grade primary school girls.