Soheila Ghomian; mohammad reza shaeiri
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy for children with chronic pain on internalizing symptoms of 7 to 12 year-old children. In this quasi-experimental study, a number of children suffering from chronic pain were selected by available sampling method ...
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy for children with chronic pain on internalizing symptoms of 7 to 12 year-old children. In this quasi-experimental study, a number of children suffering from chronic pain were selected by available sampling method from specialty and subspecialty pediatric hospitals of Tehran (Such as Children's Mofid, Children's Medical Center, Hazrat Ali Asghar and Bahrami), in 2014. Then, among the children, 20 children who according to their parents were prepared to participate in this study and met the inclusion criteria, were selected and placed in the experimental group (n = 10) and control group (n = 10). The CHACT protocol applied on the experiment group, for 8 sessions. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was administered in both groups at the pre-test, post-test, first and second follow-up (Respectively, 1.5 and 5 months after treatment) and analyzed with MANCOVA analysis of variance. The results showed that the experimental group compared with the control group showed significant change in internalizing symptoms in multiple stages. These changes continued after the treatment, first and secondary follow-up. Generally, it can be said that this protocol can be used in clinical fields, especially in the area of improving the internalizing symptoms of children.
Maedeh Abbastabar; Hadi hashemi; mohammadhosein abdollahi
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the training of emotional competence in the improvement of anxiety, problem solving and working memory in children. It was a semi experimental research in which pre- test, post -test design with control group was used. Through the cluster ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the training of emotional competence in the improvement of anxiety, problem solving and working memory in children. It was a semi experimental research in which pre- test, post -test design with control group was used. Through the cluster sampling method 30 female children were selected from the primary schools of Babol city and then they were randomly put into two experimental and control groups. The assessment was performed using Multi-dimensional Children's Anxiety Scale (MASC), Social Solution Scheduler (SPSI-R) and Dunnian and Carpenter Working Memory Test (1980). The experimental group received an emotional competence training program based on two, EBP emotion-based prevention programs (Izard et al2004, 2008) and Cole's emotional knowledge intervention (2009), adapted from Hesarsorkhi (1395), for 10 group sessions for 60 minute. There was no intervention in the control group. The results of one-variable and multivariate covariance analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the experimental group and control group in the post-test in anxiety score constructive problem solving and memory working in the children. The results of this study showed that emotional competence training program can be an effective way to reduce anxiety and increase the ability of constructive problem solving, working memory of children.
Nazanin Abed; Shahla Pakdaman; Mohammad Ali Mazaheri; Mahmoud Heidari; Karineh Tahmassian
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of “listening to children respectfully” package on enhancing 5 and 6-year-old children’s well- being. 42 mother and child pairs were selected. They were initially tested with CBCL and SCL90 questionnaires to make sure none of them ...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of “listening to children respectfully” package on enhancing 5 and 6-year-old children’s well- being. 42 mother and child pairs were selected. They were initially tested with CBCL and SCL90 questionnaires to make sure none of them are suffering from behavioral or psychological disorders. They were accidentally divided to experiment and control groups. Children of both groups filled the children’s psychological well-being scale in 3 stages: pre-test, post-test and follow up, and the package was taught to mothers of experiment group in 6 sessions. Analytical method was MANOVA for analyzing data. Findings revealed that well- being scores of children in experimental group significantly increased after intervention for their mothers. The scores were still high after two-month follow up. Findings of this research were discussed considering previous research. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are also given.
Firouzeh zarghami; Leila Heidari Nasab; Mohammad Reza Shaeiri; Zahra Shahrivar
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2015, , Pages 183-202
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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 ...
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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.
