Lila Sabaghian Rad and Maryam Toulami Moghadam
The purpose of the present research was to examine the effect of school games on the quality of life of intellectually disabled 10-14 year old girls. The components of quality of life were physical function, social function, cognitive function, and emotional function. The population of this survey consisted of 100 intellectually disabled 10-14 year old girls of whom 80 were randomly selected and assigned to an experimental group and a control group. Data were collected using TNO-AZL Preschool Quality Of Life (TAPQOL) and were analyzed in SPSS using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, independent samples t-test, and dependent samples t-test.The results of the pretest indicated that there were no significant differences between the experimental group and the control group. Significant differences were observed in the pretest and posttest scores of the experimental group in quality of life, the physical function, the social function, the cognitive function, and the emotional function (P < 0.05). The results of dependent samples t-test showed the positive effect of school games on the quality of life, physical function, social function, cognitive function, and emotional function of the children. However, no significant differences were observed in the quality of life of the control group in the pretest and the posttest.
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