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Jahangir Karami, Khodamorad Momeni, Fereshteh Mohammadi, Afsaneh Shahbazirad,
Volume 1, Issue 3 (4-2015)
Abstract
Introduction: The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of narrative therapy for reducing symptoms of separation anxiety disorder in primary school children was conducted in 2013 in Kermanshah.
Methods: The study was a semi-experimental design with pre-posttest design with control group.22 girls of primary school were selected based on the available sampling and assigned to the experimental and control groups, randomly. Both the pre-test and post-test using the Child Symptom Inventory, which has two forms, especially parents and teachers, were evaluated, and The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance.
Results: The results showed that narrative therapy in reducing the symptoms of separation anxiety disorder in children in the experimental group was effective (P <0/001).
Conclusion: According to the results, therapists and others who work with children can to use therapy techniques to treat anxiety disorders.
Anahita Khodabakhshi Koolaee, Mehrnoosh Sabzian, Mohammad Reza Falsafi Nejad ,
Volume 1, Issue 4 (6-2015)
Abstract
Introduction : aggression and anxiety are one of the common behavioral problems among preschool children. Therefore, this research investigates the influence of poetry therapy and movement/dance therapy on aggression and anxiety among preschool children.
Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post- tests. Thirty preschool children (6-7 aged) selected through the inclusion criteria. They were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. The experimental group received techniques of poetry therapy and movement/dance therapy for ten treatment sessions (90 minutes for each session). The research instruments were Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and Children's Inventory of Anger (ChIA). Statistical analysis conducted by analysis of covariance.
Results: Findings indicated that there is significantly difference in aggression between preschool children in pre and post-test (p<0.0.5, F=57/421). Also, There is significantly difference between mean’s scores of anxiety in preschool children in pre and post-tests (p<0.0.5, F= 61/432)
Conclusions: poetry therapy and dance/movement therapy improve behavioral problem such as aggression and anxiety in preschool children. So, it is suggested to use these low-cost therapeutic interventions for training and decreasing behavioral problems in preschool children
Shahrbanoo Talebi, Javad Ganjlo, Mohammad Rakhshani, Seyyed Mohsen Asghari Nekah ,
Volume 1, Issue 4 (6-2015)
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Introduction: Concept map is one of the modern instructional methods in the sense that it is closely related to constructivism. The purpose of this study was Comparison the effect of orientation program used by visual concept map and face to face method on fear and anxiety of hospitalized children 6-9 years old in Sabzevar.
Method: The research project was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test. The subjects consisted of 44 hospitalized children 6-9 years old in Sabzevar, who were selected no randomly by method. Data collection tools were: demographic information questionnaire, Broom’s hospital fear and the State - Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC). Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 20) and Descriptive Statistics, Shapiro- Wilk, Chi-Square, Fishers Exact Test, Paired Sample T Test, Wilcoxon, Mann- Whitney U and ANCOVA.
Results: After orientation program used, in the visual concept map group and face to face method, fear and anxiety (state, trait and total) significantly decreased (p <0.05). Significant differences in trait and total anxiety between two groups were also observed (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Concept mapping was more effective in reducing on trait and total anxiety of hospitalized children than face to face method. The results suggest in the hospital setting, where nurses interfaces to time pressure, visual concept map can educate patients.
S Rezaee , A Khodabakhshi Koolaee , D Taghvaee ,
Volume 2, Issue 2 (12-2015)
Abstract
Introduction: aggression and anxiety are the main trait of externalizing disorders, providing untreated it leads to negative effects on individual and social relationship specially in adulthood Therefore, this research investigates the influence of painting on aggression and anxiety among male students (8-9 aged).
Method: This study is a quasi-experimental study with pre and post- tests. Thirty male students (8-9 aged) who were obtaining scores higher than cut-off in Conners' parents form questionnaire were selected, and then they were assigned randomly to the control and experimental groups. The experimental group received techniques of painting therapy for ten treatment sessions (45minutes for each session). The aggression and anxiety were measured at the beginning and at end of therapeutic session, utilizing the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and Children's Inventory of Anger (ChIA). Statistical analysis conducted by analysis of covariance.
Results: There is significantly difference in scores of pretest (53/2±41/131) and posttest (87/114±239/7) aggression (p<0.001, F= 28.313) and in scores of pretest (27/80±587/5) and posttest (93/75± 497/6) anxiety (p<0.001, F= 15.698) between elementary school boys in pre and post-test.
Conclusion: Findings indicated that painting therapy has effective in improving behavioral problem such as externalizing disorders in elementary school. So, it can be utilized as the therapeutic interventions for decreasing behavioral problems in children.
Parisa Rasouli, Fateme Shobeiri, Fateme Cheraghi, Raziye Rasouli, Vahid Ghanbari,
Volume 2, Issue 4 (7-2016)
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Introduction: Anxiety and depression during pregnancy could affect the neonatal outcomes and preterm Delivery. The Aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between maternal anxiety and depression in third trimester pregnancy on growth index of neonates and preterm delivery in laboring women who referred to Hamadan's medical and health district centers in 2011-2012.
Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional study 250 pregnant women in third trimesters using several stage cluster sampling were selected, and data were achieved from three questionnaires, Demographic data, Edinburgh’s Depression and Van den Bergh’s anxiety during pregnancy. Huizink and et al state that Van den Bergh’s 10 questionnaires of anxiety in third trimester pregnancy has a good content. They obtained the reliability of the subscales of this questionnaire about the fear of preterm delivery equal to /083 and fear of delivering a baby with mental and physical disabilities, equivalent to /087 and Concerns about the appearance equivalent to 0/83. Related to Edinburgh’s questionnaires, using the method of determination of correlation coefficient of Edinburgh’s test at the same time and Beck‘s the anxiety test equal 0/78 is attained. The reliability of this test from Cronbach's alpha and split-half method was estimated equal to /088. To analyze, we used descriptive statistics, spearman correlation coefficient, Kruskal-wallis and Mann-Whitney U.
Results: Mean score of maternal anxiety and depression in third trimester pregnancy of cases were (30/7±7/9) and (12/3±4/1) respectively. Data analysis showed no significant relationship between anxiety and depression of third trimester pregnancy and the neonates on growth index (p>0/05), but a positive relationship between maternal anxiety and depression on preterm labor was found (p<0/05).
Conclusion: According to the study findings and positive relationship between maternal anxiety and depression on preterm labor, planning preventive and supportive programs by the specialists who work with pregnant women's mental health are necessary
Maryam Hatamizadeh, Asghar Dalvandi, Abolfazl Rahgoi, Hadi Ranjbar,
Volume 2, Issue 4 (7-2016)
Abstract
Introduction: Children with thalassemia need blood transfusion to survive. The intravenous cannulation is a requirement for blood transfusion, which is a painful and frightening procedure and can cause severe anxity. Repeated exposure to severe anxiety have a meaningful relationship with psychological problems in children. Multiple methods introduced or under research to reduce anxiety in children during medical procedure especially intravenous cannulation. The aim of current study is to compare the effect of vapocoolant spray and EMLA cream in reduction of anxiety due to intravenous cannulation.
Methods: This was a controlled randomized clinical trial with crossover design. A convenience sample of 40 children between the ages of 6 and 12
years was enrolled between June and November 2015 in Ali Asghar hospital, Tehran, Iran. After the baseline measurement of anxiety samples were randomly allocated in one of two intervention groups by block randomization. The first group received EMLA cream before intravenous cannulation in the next blood transfusion and vapocoolant spray in the third one. The second group has the opposite arrangement. The anxiety was measured by a self-reported visual analogue scale. Anxiety was measured before and after each cannulation. The data was analyzed using independent t-test, paired t-test, Pearson correlation, ANOVA and ANCOVA tests by SPSS 16.
Results: The results showed that the difference between EMLA cream and vapocoolant spray in reduction of anxiety was 1.94. The same difference between spray and baseline was 2.91. The differences in baseline measurement was 4.86.The vapocoolant spray had a lower effect in reduction of anxiety in compare of EMLA cream (p<0.05(, but it has a significant effect in compare with baseline measurement (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of current study, vapocoolant spray can reduce the anxiety of children with thalassemia during intravenous cannulation. Despite the lower effect of spray in compare to EMLA cream, it can use for patients with allergic reaction to lidocaine/procaine or in emergency situations.
M Khariri-Hassan , A Khodabakhshi Koolaee , D Taghvaee,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (12-2016)
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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.
Khoshdavi Ebrahimzade, Mansour Agashteh, Ali Berenjkar,
Volume 3, Issue 4 (6-2017)
Abstract
Introduction : the anxiety disorders are usually chronic and the lack of treatment cause negative effects on children growth and performance, so, this research aimed at studying the efficacy of parent management training on reducing anxiety in preschool children.
Method : This experimental with control group study was conducted among mothers with 4 to 6 child in preschool in Urmia city were going to preschool in 2015-2016. Using multistage randomly sampling, 4 region of Urmia were selected. Then 4 preschool selected randomly and finally the students mothers of 3 classes of each preschool were selected. The participants completed children anxiety scale of Spence (parent form) and structured interview based on DSM-V. among 130 mothers whom children’s anxiety were high, 45 parent selected and randomly replaced into two experimental (PMT, 15 person and Drug therapy 15 person) and a control (15 person) groups.
Results: The data were analyzed using Co-variance method and results showed that the PMT group had highest effectiveness among 3 groups (p< .0001). The drug therapy group were also higher than control. The results of multivariate co-variance showed that the PMT were effective in all subscale of anxiety and the highest score was about separation anxiety and the lowest score was in OCD (p< .0001). The results showed that the mean of anxiety reduced among children of experimental group after intervention. After one month follow up, mean of anxiety among children was low. MANCOVA showed the significant difference between two groups (p<0/05).
Conclusion: using methods such as PMT rather than drug can reduce anxiety consequences in both children and families.
Shima Poorabolghasem Hosseini, Abbasali Hosseinkhanzadeh, Seyed Valiollah Mousavi,
Volume 3, Issue 4 (6-2017)
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Introduction:Test anxiety threats mental health of students and has negative effect on their educational performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of attention reinforcement training on test anxiety of girl students.
Methods: This study is as experimental that designed as pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of this research includs the all girl students of seventh grade of governmental schools in 2 area of rasht city during the educational year of 1394-1395, which 30 of them where selected by randomized multistage sampeling and placed in two group of experimental and control. Participants before and after training responded to test anxiety questionnaire that is self report instrumentation for survey of mental states and physiological experiences of person while exam, before and after it. This questionnaire has delectability validity and reliability. Attention reinforcement training was taught for 10 sessions in experimental group. One way analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results of covariance analysis showed that there is significant difference in experimental group (18/73±4/68) comparing to control group (26/21±4/75) in test anxiety questionnaire after implementation of attention reinforcement training (P<0.001).
Conclusions: The results showed that attention reinforcement training influence on reduce of test anxiety. Due to influence of test anxiety on educational performance, mental health and educational progress of students and role of attention on teaching and learning, presentation of this program is necessary.
Ghazaleh Rezaee Khoshkozari , Anahita Khodabakhshi Koolaee ,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (6-2018)
Abstract
Introduction: Anxiety is one of the problems associated with Asperger's children.. The psychological burden of having a child with Asperger, also affects their caregivers, and life with a sick member creates a bitter experience for other family members. The aim of this research is to investigate the influence of “Floor time Play on Anxiousness in children with Asperger disorder and burden among
their mothers”
Methods :The study was a single-subject of AB experimental designs. The statically population of the study was all 8-11 year old children with asperger disorder and their mothers in Tehran, referring to the center of autism of the Sunrise, and 3 children at the age 8 to 11 were chosen. In this study, convenience sampling method was used. . Interventions peformed for 12 treatment sessions (90 minutes, one session per week) for three month, with a follow-up period of one month subsequent to treatment termination. The research instruments were the High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire, Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale and Family burden interview scale. chart analysis was used for data analysis of this study and also the effectiveness of therapy was assessed by recovery percent formula and Reliable change index.
Results: The results indicated that children with asperger disorder showed improvement in comparison with baseline. The overall improvement in their anxiety variables was 50/5%, and the RCI was higher than 1.96 for all three children. Therefore, floortime play therapy has a clinically and statistically significant effect on the reduction of anxiety in children with Asperger's disorder. The results of the follow-up test showed that the effects of the intervention were still ongoing after one month after the last session of the interventions. Also the results of the percentage of recovery (24/6%) indicated a decrease in burden, but this value was not clinically meaningful.
Conclusions: It seems that floortime play therapy has been effective in reducing the anxiety of children with aspergerous disorder. Therefore, it is recommended that the treatment of floortime play therapy as one of the treatment interventions to improve anxiety in children with Asperger's disorder And reduce the stresses and mental problems of their mothers in centers and clinics of autism.
Dr Mohammad Abbasi, ,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (9-2018)
Abstract
Introduction: Adolescence is a transition period from childhood to early adulthood. Dysfunctional social skills lead to anxiety in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of group teaching of assertiveness on social skills and social anxiaty in male students. Teaching assertiveness was the independent variable, and social skills and social anxiaty were the dependent variables.
Methods: The present study was a field experimental study with pre- post-test. The variables were measured by social skills Scale and social anxiaty Scale. The sample consisted of 30 male students who were enrolled in the school year of 2016-17, and were selected through simple random sampling method, and were randomly assigned to two groups (experimental and control). Before teaching assertiveness to experimental group, the pre-tests of social skills and social anxiaty were administrated to both groups. Then, the teaching package of assertiveness was adminstred to the experimental group and no training was provided to the control group. After the completion of the course, social skills and social anxiaty post-tests were administrated to both groups.
Results: Results of analysis of covariance indicated that teaching assertiveness causes a significant increase in social skills (F= 33.22, p<0.001), and decrease in social anxiaty (F= 5.42, p<0.02).
Conclusions: according to the results of this study teaching assertiveness increased social skills, and decrease in social anxiaty in male students.
Homeira Reisi, Salar Faramarzi,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (4-2019)
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Introduction: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of self-compassion on self-esteem, emotion regulation and anxiety thoughts in the children’s(10-12 years) with depression disorder.
Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group design. The statistical population of the present study included all adolescents with anxiety disorder in the city of Shahrekord in academic year 2015-16. Non-probable available sampling method and random assignment were applied. So 30 female children’s(10-12 years) were selected through purposive method from those with depression signs who referred to consultation center in zone 2 of educational organization in Shahrekord and they were put into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight ninety-minute sessions during two and a half months while the control group didn’t receive such intervention during the process of study conduction. The applied instruments included depression, emotion regulation, anxiety thoughts and self-esteem questionnaires.
Findings: The results of the analysis showed that teaching self-compassion has been effective on the components of self-esteem, emotion regulation and anxiety thoughts in the students with depression disorder (P<0.001). Thus, self-compassion training has been able to increase the children's self-esteem and emotion regulation and reduce their anxiety.
Conclusion: According to the findings of the study, teaching self-compassion can be employed to improve self-esteem, emotion regulation and decreasing anxiety thoughts in the children’s and adolescents with depression disorder.
Zahra Ebadinejad, Ali Dashtgard, Hessam Mirsaydy,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (4-2019)
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Introduction: Early childhood or preschool age is one of the most important periods of childhood development. This period of life is associated to many problems. One of these problems is anxiety. There are numerous therapies for pharmaceutical and non-pharmacotherapy for the treatment of anxiety. Storytelling as a new method is an effective treatment to reduce anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of storytelling by group discussion on anxiety of preschool children.
Methods: The present semi experimental study was conducted on preschool children in kindergarten in the city of Qaen in 2017. Clustering randoml Sampling was done. 60 children were randomly assigned into two groups of intervention and control. For the children in the interventiongroup, seven sessions of 60 minutes of storytelling were conducted. However, in the control group of children, they received the same previous program. Data were collected by Spence Anxiety Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using of analysis of covariance In SPSS version 18.
Results: The results of this study showed that out of 60 children, 28 were female and 32 were boys. The mean age of children in the intervention group was 6.5 ± 1.2 and in the control group was 6.3 ± 1.5 years. The obtained results indicated the effectiveness of Storytelling in the anxiety (p=0.041)
Discussion: Storytelling as a non-pharmacological approach is a good way to reduce anxiety. Therefore, it is recommended that nursing educators use this method to reduce children's anxiety.
Moradali Zareipour, Ghorbanali Zareipour, Mahin Alinejad, Fatmeh Moharrami, Mehdi Abdolkarimi,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (4-2019)
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Introduction: Adolescence is one of the most critical periods of life Because of psychological, social and biological changes, which can affect academic performance. The purpose of this study was Evaluation of stress, anxiety, depression and its Relationship with Educational Success in adolescence in Salmas city
Method: This is a descriptive-analytic study which is done on 400 teenage boys. A cluster sampling was used for the research sample. The data collection tool was a two-part questionnaire which includes demographic information and grade point average, and questions related to depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS 21).
Results: The findings of this study showed that the rate of depression, anxiety and stress was 33.7%, 37.8% and 24.2%, respectively. According to Pearson correlation test, there was a significant and negative correlation between depression, anxiety and stress and Educational Success
Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the stress levels, anxiety and depression in adolescents are high, and it is suggested that interventions need to be done for improving the Educational Success in this group.
Roghayeh Nosrati, Mahshid Nemati, Parisa Heidarisharaf, Roghayeh Nosrati, Mahshid Nemati, Fateme Dehghan,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (6-2019)
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Introduction: Dyslexia refers to the disability of children in reading. Most psychologists, without having to determine a specific cause for dyslexia, consider dyslexia merely as a sign of a special disorder in the teaching of reading, which is an important factor in the low level of self-confidence and social support and increased social anxiety in this Children The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and social support and social anxiety in dyslexic children of Kermanshah in the academic year 2017-2018.
Method: In this study, descriptive-analytic design was used. The statistical population consisted of all dyslexic students who filed in Kermanshah city in the educational districts of 1397-1393. Sample size was obtained by Cramer formula and error rate of 5% and confidence level of 95% of 140 people. Considering the loss, 116 patients were randomly selected from among dyslexic children in the center Learning outcomes No. 2 in Kermanshah city, which consisted of 300 people, were selected. Self-esteem of these children was assessed by Cooper Smith's Self-Esteem Test, Social Support and Social Anxiety Questionnaire (LSAS-SR).
Results: According to statistical analysis, there was a significant relationship between support and social anxiety with self-esteem and its scales. All scales were significant at P<0.001.
Conclusion: Due to the fact that self-esteem and the level of social anxiety and anxiety in these children were lower than normal, therefore, with the training of promoting self-esteem and improving social support and anxiety, these capacities could be promoted in these children.
Hosein Motahari Niya, Hamid Hojjati,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (6-2019)
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Introduction: Pediatric surgery is a common practice. This phenomenon is a stressful exercise for mothers and causes anxiety and reduce their self-efficacy in child care. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cognitive-behavioral training on the reduction of stressors and anxiety caused by child-bearing surgery in mothers.
Methods: In a clinical trial study, 60 mothers with a candidate candidate for surgery were randomly assigned into two groups of intervention and control, and psychological training and stress management programs were administered to the intervention group. The Mothers' Questionnaire Spielberger's anxiety was.
Results: The results showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups before intervention (P = 0.68). But after the intervention, the anxiety level in the intervention group was significantly lower than the group (P <0.01). The covariance test showed a significant difference between the intervention and control groups before and after the intervention (P <0.01). Therefore, the mothers who were in the intervention group had less anxiety than the control group before the surgery.
Conclusions: Appropriate training methods for mothers with children undergoing surgery can be used as an effective way to reduce the anxiety of mothers at all.
Zeinab Hosseinrezaei, Fereshteh Ghaljaei, Fereshteh Najafi,
Volume 6, Issue 3 (2-2021)
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Introduction: Fever-related seizures are the most common problems in children between 6 months and 6 years of age. Control of anxiety and proper functioning of mothers are important factors in the management of children's seizure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of training on understanding the uncertainty and anxiety of mothers in children with febrile seizure.
Method: This is a semi-experimental study. 40 mothers who referred to Imam Ali hospital in Zahedan during 1396- 1396 participated in the study using available sampling method. The samples were divided into two groups: intervention (40 samples) and control (40 samples). The intervention group received training on seizure, individually and in person for 3 sessions of 30-45 minutes. Spielberger and Uncertainty Anxiety Scale (PPUS) was completed before, during and one month after the intervention.
Results: The mean anxiety score at the beginning of the study was 56.63 in the control group and 56.68 in the intervention group and 57.85 in the intervention group and 40.89 in the intervention group, respectively. The uncertainty score of the mothers in the intervention group ranged from 87.53 ± 5.33 to 65.30 ± 5.49 after the intervention and the control group decreased from 84.81 ± 7.90 to 85.87 ± 5.41. There was a significant difference between two groups in terms of two variables (P = 0.0001).
Conclusion: Education can be suggested as one of the methods for reducing the anxiety and uncertainty of mothers in patients with febrile seizure. Increasing awareness and reducing anxiety can help improve mothers' performance during seizure.
Ali Farnam, Mohammadsajad Soltaninezhad, Elahe Heidari,
Volume 6, Issue 4 (4-2020)
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Introduction: Play therapy is a therapeutic approach that is used for a wide range of children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Play therapy with cognitive-behavioral approach in reducing social anxiety among conduct children in Zahedan center.
Methods: The design of this research is a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with random sampling. The statistical population of this research includes all conduct children who are in the center of Zahedan rehabilitation and were identified using the available information in the case file. Sampling method was a random sampling method. A total of 22 children were selected and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (each of 11). To the experimental group, cognitive-behavioral therapy Play sessions were taught in ten sessions (90 minutes each session, 3 days a week) and one day. The control group did not receive an intervention during this period. Both groups responded to the Convergerial Social Anxiety Scale (SPIN) before and after the test (Conor et al., 2000). Data were analyzed using statistical methods such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and covariance analysis.
Results: The results showed that play therapy with a cognitive-behavioral approach affects the social anxiety in conduct children (from10.65 to 7.82). The results of covariance analysis (F= 7.29) showed that cognitive-behavioral play therapy significantly reduced the social anxiety of children with behavioral disorders (p<0/001).
Conclusion: The teaching of therapeutic therapy approaches with cognitive-behavioral approach to children with conduct disorder can be an effective step in improving their mental and physical health.
Samaneh Najafi, Maryam Eshghizadeh, Mahdieh Ganji Roudi, Bahareh Salehi Asl, Najmeh ٍebrahimi,
Volume 6, Issue 4 (4-2020)
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Introduction: stuttering in children can affect their mental health and cause undesirable effects on quality of life and the educational performance of the child. The aim of this study was to compare the anxiety, depression and self-esteem in healthy children and children with stuttering referred to the speech therapy clinics of Mashhad and Gonabad cities in 2017.
Method: This case-control study was conducted on 270 students in 2017 and selected by simple random sampling method. The data were collected using demographic information form, standard PAP self-esteem questionnaire, Spence anxiety and self-assessment of depression in children.
Results: According to the results, the mean scores of self-esteem and its dimensions are statistically significant (P <0.001). Although there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of total anxiety score, the mean of social subscales, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and functional fear and open-mindedness scores showed significant differences (P <0.05). There was a significant difference between the two groups in severity and depression scores (P <0.05).
Conclusion: The results of the research show that children with stuttering have anxiety and lower self-esteem and depression more than healthy children. Therefore, it is important to take the necessary measures to evaluate mental health, preventing psychological problems and timely treatment of these children.
Maryam Fallah Mehrjardi, Mohammad Mehdi Salaree, Maasoumeh Barkhordari Sharifabad,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (8-2020)
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Introduction: Not only do parents become anxious when their child is admitted, but this feeling may continue after the child is discharged from the hospital. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the anxiety of parents of children before surgery.
Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in 2019. In this study, 66 parents (parents) of children were randomly enrolled in the study before surgery. Data collection tools were a researcher-made demographic questionnaire and Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, which was completed by participants the night before the operation.
Results: The mean age of mothers was 32±6.6 years and their fathers were 36.3±7.8 years. The majority of children were girls (59.1%) and were in preschool (57.6%). In terms of hospitalization history, most of the studied units had no previous history. There is no significant difference in the mean score of anxiety between mothers and their spouses at all levels except the level of very severe anxiety. And only 4.5% of fathers had severe anxiety. Also, there was no significant difference between parents in terms of hospitalization history (P> 0.05).
Conclusion: Group or individual training of parents with children the night before surgery, the presence of parents in the operating room before induction of anesthesia and after surgery in the recovery room will have a significant effect on reducing parent-child anxiety
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