Effect of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Reduction Social and Emotional Maladjustment of Physically Abused Children: A Clinical Trial

International Journal of Pediatrics

Ashraf Kazemi¹  Sara Hokari²  Mostafa Alikhani²  Senobar Golshani²  Safora Salemi²  Faezeh Tatari²  Vahid Farnia² 

[1] Reproductive Health Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Science Isfahan, Iran.;Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.;

关键词: Child abuse;    Cognition;    Emotional maladjustment;    Social maladjustment;   

DOI  :  10.22038/ijp.2017.23549.1980

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

One of the most important and destructive forms of child abuse is the physical abuse which can lead to the maladjustment among abused children; the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of trauma focused cognitive-behavioral therapy on reduction social and emotional maladjustment of physically abused children.Materials and Methods This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial. A number of 40 abused boys, who study in the elementary schools in Kermanshah- Iran, were selected by random cluster method, and randomly divided in intervention and control groups.Before and after Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF.CBT), the Sinha and Singh adjustment questionnaire were used to assess the level of social and emotional maladjustment.  In the intervention group, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy was held in ten one-hour sessions. Results The results showed that after the intervention, the mean of social and emotional maladjustment was decreased significantly in the intervention group (P

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