Evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon in 4-9-year-old autistic children
Background: Autistic children often face difficulties with semantic skills such as receptive lexicon. Games based on behavioral principles have been emphasized for treating autistic children. Serious Games are a new and effective way to alleviate deficits in autistic children. Objectives: The presen...
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| description | Background: Autistic children often face difficulties with semantic skills such as receptive lexicon. Games based on behavioral principles have been emphasized for treating autistic children. Serious Games are a new and effective way to alleviate deficits in autistic children. Objectives: The present study aimed to design and investigate the efficiency of a Serious Game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon of autistic children. Methods: The empirical study with a pretest-posttest design, and a two-months follow-up, involved 30 children (aged 4–9) at Birjand and Zahedan, Iran. The participants were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into experimental and control groups (each 15 participants). The control group received the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), while the experimental group received a treatment consisting of the ABA plus the “Kookism” game. The 20-min sessions were held every other day for two months. Data were collected using MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories. After confirming the essential assumptions for the covariance analysis, ANCOVA was used to analyze the data. Results: The findings showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the increase in the participants’ receptive lexicon after eliminating the effects of the covariate (p < 0.05). Two months later, there was no statistically significant difference. (P = 0.144, F = 0.077, p > 0.05). Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that Serious Games significantly improved the receptive lexicon of autistic children. This result remained for up to two months. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-816496028f5f4ff59793f8e187233c642025-01-17T04:50:01ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-01-01111e41036Evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon in 4-9-year-old autistic childrenElham Hesami0Nour Mohammad Bakhshani1Maryam Arabpour Dahouie2Younes Zaheri3Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Corresponding author.School of Medicine, Children and Adolescents Health Research Center, the Research Institute of Cellular and Molecular Sciences in Infectious Diseases, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, IranDepartment of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, IranDepartment of Clinical Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Mental Science, Tehran, IranBackground: Autistic children often face difficulties with semantic skills such as receptive lexicon. Games based on behavioral principles have been emphasized for treating autistic children. Serious Games are a new and effective way to alleviate deficits in autistic children. Objectives: The present study aimed to design and investigate the efficiency of a Serious Game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon of autistic children. Methods: The empirical study with a pretest-posttest design, and a two-months follow-up, involved 30 children (aged 4–9) at Birjand and Zahedan, Iran. The participants were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into experimental and control groups (each 15 participants). The control group received the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), while the experimental group received a treatment consisting of the ABA plus the “Kookism” game. The 20-min sessions were held every other day for two months. Data were collected using MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories. After confirming the essential assumptions for the covariance analysis, ANCOVA was used to analyze the data. Results: The findings showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the increase in the participants’ receptive lexicon after eliminating the effects of the covariate (p < 0.05). Two months later, there was no statistically significant difference. (P = 0.144, F = 0.077, p > 0.05). Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that Serious Games significantly improved the receptive lexicon of autistic children. This result remained for up to two months.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024170673AutismReceptive lexiconSemantic skillsSerious gameSpeech therapy |
| spellingShingle | Elham Hesami Nour Mohammad Bakhshani Maryam Arabpour Dahouie Younes Zaheri Evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon in 4-9-year-old autistic children Heliyon Autism Receptive lexicon Semantic skills Serious game Speech therapy |
| title | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon in 4-9-year-old autistic children |
| title_full | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon in 4-9-year-old autistic children |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon in 4-9-year-old autistic children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon in 4-9-year-old autistic children |
| title_short | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled “Kookism” on the receptive lexicon in 4-9-year-old autistic children |
| title_sort | evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game titled kookism on the receptive lexicon in 4 9 year old autistic children |
| topic | Autism Receptive lexicon Semantic skills Serious game Speech therapy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024170673 |
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