A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Drawing and Painting on Behavioural Problems of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a Selected Special School at Kanyakumari District

Abstract

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most frequently diagnosed psychiatric disorders in children1. In worldwide it affects roughly about 5% of children. In India, the prevalence of ADHD among primary school children was 11.32%2. Its core symptoms include developmentally inappropriate levels of attention, concentration, activity, distractibility and impulsivity. It has also been shown to have long term adverse effects on academic performance, vocational success and social emotional development1. The present study aims to prove that the drawing and painting is an effective modality in reducing the behavioural problems among ADHD. Here the post test mean score of behavioural problems 37.1 was lower than the pre test mean score of behavioural problems 44.9, and the corresponding ‘t’ test value 24.810 which was also significant (P < 0.001).