title: The Effectiveness of Attribution Retraining on Health Enhancement of Epileptic Children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease. Evidence has indicated that epilepsy has an impact on mental and physical health of children. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of attribution retraining on health enhancement of epileptic children.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was an experimental study with a pre-test and a post-test design with a control group. Thirty students with epilepsy (11 female and 19 male students) were selected in convenience from Iranian Epilepsy Association. They were assigned to experimental and control groups and their mothers completed Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ-PF.28) before and after the intervention. The experimental group attended to eleven sessions (each session 45 minutes; twice a week). Subjects were trained by attribution retraining program, but control group was not. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used for analyzing the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Health (both psychosocial and physical) of experimental group enhanced significantly after the intervention sessions compared to control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Attribution retraining is an effective intervention to enhance the psychosocial and physical health of epileptic children.
authors.affiliation: Psychology and Exceptional Children Education, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Tahereh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Najafi Fard
authors.affiliation: Psychologist, Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoume
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pourmohamadrezatajrishi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Firoozeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sajedi
authors.affiliation: Statistics Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Pouria
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pouria
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hosein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Delavar Kasmaei
keywords: Attribution Retraining; Epileptic Children; Health