The Effect of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Separation Anxiety in 3-6-Year-old Children of Nurses
| Author | Reza Zeighami | en |
| Author | Mohammad Ebrahim Sarichloo | en |
| Author | Zahra Hosseinkhani | en |
| Author | Saedeh Zeynalzadeh | en |
| Orcid | Reza Zeighami [0000-0001-8993-1300] | en |
| Orcid | Zahra Hosseinkhani [0000-0002-2772-6181] | en |
| Orcid | Saedeh Zeynalzadeh [0000-0001-5683-415X] | en |
| Issued Date | 2022-06-30 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Separation anxiety disorder is considered as the most common anxiety disorder in childhood. Failure to treat this disorder in early age can be converted into a risk factor for childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders. Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the effect of parent-child interaction therapy on reducing the symptoms of separation anxiety disorder among the nurses' children aged between 3 and 6 years old working in educational hospitals in Qazvin. Methods: The intervention was designed as pre- and post-test along with the control group. The sample included 67 children aged 3 - 6 years' old who were divided into intervention and control groups using the blocking method. The intervention consists of three steps: child directed interaction, bravery directed interaction and parent directed interaction which was performed for 8 sessions per weak. No intervention was performed for the control group. The obtained data were collected using the Spence questionnaire (parents' version) and the results were evaluated. Results: Intervention therapy significantly reduced the symptoms of separation anxiety in the intervention group at the post-test stage compared to the control group. The mean of separation anxiety decreased from 10.82 ± 0.62 to 7.69 ± 0.52 in the intervention group. Conclusions: Parent-child interaction therapy can be used as an effective treatment plan to reduce the symptoms of separation anxiety disorder among preschool children. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/ijpbs-111302 | en |
| URI | https://brieflands.com/journals/ijpbs/articles/111302 | en |
| Keyword | Children | en |
| Keyword | Nurse | en |
| Keyword | Parent Child Interaction Therapy | en |
| Keyword | Preschool Ages | en |
| Keyword | Separation Anxiety Disorder | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | The Effect of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Separation Anxiety in 3-6-Year-old Children of Nurses | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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