چکیده:
Objective: Anxiety is one of the most common disorders of childhood. The treatment
Interaction therapy can be used for determining anxiety symptomsis . In line with this, the
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) has been successful in America as well as in some
other countries. However, the application of this approach was more limited in Asia. The
present study aimed at evaluating the extent of the effect of PCIT approach on child’s anxiety
level according to mother’s anxiety index.
Methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted at Bijan Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment in Tehran, Iran, from December 1, 2013 to November 1, 2014. It involved parents
referred to two addiction clinics for methadone maintenance treatment in regions of 7 and 9 in
Tehran. A sample of 72 mothers and children (aged between 19 and 41 years with an average age
of 29.4 years) were selected by convenient sampling method. According to the assumed cutting
point score in anxiety index (response rate=94%), the subjects were assigned to two groups, i.e.,
control and experimental. Based on the three levels of mother’s anxiety, i.e., low, medium, and
high levels (response rate=91%), the subjects were sub-divided into six groups. PCIT protocol
was presented to experimental groups during the six weekly sessions. A pretest and a posttest
(after 12 weeks of training) were administered to the participants. The analysis of data was done
by two-way factorial variance analysis test (ANOVA), Scheffe Post-hoc test, and Chi-square
using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 20 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA).
Results: The results showed that PCIT has been effective in reducing the anxiety among
children whose mothers had low anxiety level (P<0.001) while it was not effective in reducing
the anxiety symptoms in children whose mothers had medium and high anxiety levels
(P>0.05). Confidence interval of scores of children’s anxiety in the group of mothers with
low anxiety was 95%, which was estimated to be 6.94(3.68-10.19) in experimental group and
12.91 (9.59-16.22) in control group.
Conclusion: Implications of these protocols are discussed with regard to their unique potential
to address the clinical needs of young children with internalizing problems. However, further
research into the evaluation of PCIT using a randomized controlled trial is recommendable.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Research Paper: Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial Bijan Pirnia1*, Elaheh Najafi2, Amir Lashkari3, Gelareh Saber Majidi4 1.
PCIT is an evidence-based treatment for young children with behavioral and emotional disorders that place emphasis on improving the quality of the parent- child relationship and changing parent-child interaction patterns (Brestan & Eyberg, 1998).
In Iran, previous studies (Mousavi, Moradi, Farzad, & Mahdavi, 2007) have shown that the SCAS has suitable psychomet- ric properties among the Iranian primary school children and it is a clinically valuable tool in the assessment of childhood anxiety.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Anxiety Level in Pre-Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial."