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Comparison between aggression and anxiety among child labor with and without sexual child abuse
M Khariri-Hassan , A Khodabakhshi koolaee , D Taghvaee
Department of counseling and psychology, Faculty of Human Science, khatam University , Tehran, Iran , a.khodabakhshid@khatam.ac.ir
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Introduction: Children labor are one of the major social problems. However, this phenomenon is associated with sexual child abuse. They have the inevitable consequence on mental health. Therefore, the aim of current study is to investigate the between aggression and anxiety among child labor with and without sexual child abuse.

Method: This study is a descriptive comparative research. The 60 children with sexual child abuse and 60 children without sexual child abuse were selected in a convenience sampling method in Tehran in 2016. The measuring instruments are Children's Inventory of Anger (ChIA, 2000) and the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS, 1998). Data was analyzed utilizing multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).

Findings: The results indicated that there is the significant difference between the anxiety      (F=14.427, p=0.0001) and aggression (F=16.248, p=0.0001) among child labor with and without sexual child abuse (p<0.001).

Conclusion: These findings emphasize that sexual child abuse should be considered one of the several risk factors to increase anxiety and aggression and also it intensify the level of anxiety and aggression among children labor.

Keywords: Aggression, Anxiety, Child Labor, Sexual Child Abuse
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2016/06/2 | Accepted: 2016/08/26 | Published: 2016/12/4



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