zahra alizadeh birjandi; ali mashhadi; zahra tabibi
Abstract
Anxiety disorders are the most popular symptoms among children. It affects cognitive, emotional and social developmental of children. High prevalence and negative outcomes cause to establish effective treatment.This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Kendal treatment program (COPING CAT Program) ...
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Anxiety disorders are the most popular symptoms among children. It affects cognitive, emotional and social developmental of children. High prevalence and negative outcomes cause to establish effective treatment.This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Kendal treatment program (COPING CAT Program) on improvement of cognitive emotion regulation of anxious children.This is a Quasi-Experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group. The control and experimental groups are selected by purposive sampling (N=22, age= 8-13).The evaluation implemented using multidimensional anxiety scale (MASC) , Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Teacher Report Form (TRF) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation (CERQ-K).The experiment was applied during 16 sessions individually. SPSS-18 software and descriptive statistics and covariate analysis method were used to analyze the data. Covariance analysis revealed that the overall mean non-adaptive cognitive coping strategies scores in the experimental group compared to the control group was significantly lower (p < /em><0.05). The finding showed that the experimental group compared with the control group, the scores of adaptive cognitive coping strategies showed a significant increase (p < /em><0.05). Coping Cat treatment program was effective on improvement of cognitive emotion regulation of anxious children. Findings of this research can be clinical applications to care and treatment of children with anxiety disorders.
Firouzeh zarghami; Leila Heidari Nasab; Mohammad Reza Shaeiri; Zahra Shahrivar
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2015, , Pages 183-202
Abstract
This study investigates the effect of CBT based on Coping Cat on reduced anxiety symptoms in the Iranian children within the age range of 8 to 10 suffering from anxiety. It was conducted based on a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest and control group. 20 children within the preceding ...
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This study investigates the effect of CBT based on Coping Cat on reduced anxiety symptoms in the Iranian children within the age range of 8 to 10 suffering from anxiety. It was conducted based on a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest and control group. 20 children within the preceding age range suffering from generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and social anxiety were selected using the goal-directed convenience sampling method after they underwent clinical interviews arranged by the child and adolescent psychiatrist, assessment with a semi-structured diagnostic interview of mood disorders and schizophrenia for children and adolescents (K-SADS) and placement at the clinical level according to the DSM-based anxiety scale and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and placed into two groups of 10 (treatment and waiting list groups). Intervention therapy based on Coping Cat individual cognitive-behavior program was provided to the members of the treatment group for 16 sessions. The research data were gathered by means of DSM-based anxiety scale and CBCL and Spence Scale (Parent and Child version), and further analyzed using Mann-Whitney test, Friedman test, and significant clinical changes. The results suggest that Coping-cat-based CBT significantly reduces anxiety symptoms of the treatment group members vis-à-vis the waiting group both statistically (p<0.001, Z=3.335) and clinically, which continued in one-and-a-half and three-month follow-ups. Confirming the results of previous studies, the research findings indicate that Coping-cat CBT affects reduced anxiety symptoms in the Iranian children falling within the age range of 8 to 10 and that such an impact persists during follow-ups. Therefore, its basic application in psychological therapy centers could be feasible.
