Study of Relationship between Behavioral and Emotional Aspects of Working Memory and Symptoms of Sensory Processing Disorder, Behavioral Disorders and Social Skills
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between behavioral and emotional aspects of working memory and symptoms of sensory processing disorder, behavioral problems and social skills. This study is descriptive (correlational) in terms of data collection and applied in terms of its objectives. The population consisted of all third to sixth grade female students studying in Tehran primary schools in school year 2012-13. The sample size, which was determined by Morgan Table, comprised of about 200 subjects who were selected through random multistage cluster sampling. Data collection instruments included questionnaires of working memory related behaviors by "Dunn", Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), behavioral disorders of "Achenbach" and social skills. The results showed that social skills were not related to working memory related behaviors and sensory processing disorder. The relationship between different types of behavior disorder and working memory was significant at the level of 0.01 with the lowest correlation belonging to physical problems and anxiety and the highest correlation belonging to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and emotional problems. The relationship between sensory processing disorder and working memory related behaviors was significant at the level of 0.01. Sensory processing disorder and self-regulation explained 30% and 35% of variations in working memory behavior. Also, there was no significant difference between age and educational grade of studied students in terms of scores of working memory behaviors and sensory processing disorder
