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Sohn and Lee: Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program on Mental Health Problems in Children Dealing with Trauma: Focused on Community District Victimized by Oil Spill
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2012; 42(1): 56-65.

Published online: 29 February 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.1.56

Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program on Mental Health Problems in Children Dealing with Trauma: Focused on Community District Victimized by Oil Spill

Jung Nam Sohn1, Yong-Mi Lee2

1Professor, Department of Nursing, Hanseo University, Seosan, Korea.

2Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Yong-Mi. Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University, 192-1 Hyoja-dong, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea. Tel: +82-33-250-8889, Fax: +82-33-242-8840, rena@kangwon.ac.kr

Received 29 March 2011       Accepted 5 February 2012

© 2012 Korean Society of Nursing Science

Abstract

Purpose

This study was done to evaluate the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy in a victimized community district and to determine if the program is an effective nursing intervention to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder symptom, depression and state anxiety.

Methods

A nonequivalent control group design was used for the study. The participants, 32 elementary school students, were selected from grades 4, 5, 6 and each student was assigned to either the experimental (16) or control (16) group. Cognitive behavioral therapy was used as the experimental treatment from April 9 to May 28, 2009. The experimental group received cognitive behavior therapy intervention 8 times. Data analysis was done using ANCOVA with SPSS 17.0.

Results

After the intervention, the experimental group showed significantly lower levels of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms than the control group.

Conclusion

The findings from this study suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective nursing intervention to decrease the level of mental health problems of children in victimized district. Further research is required in order to identify the continuous effects of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Keywords: Cognitive therapy, Child, Mental health

Figures and Tables

Table 1
Contents of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program
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Table 2
Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics between Two Groups (N=32)
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Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 3
Homogeneity Test for PTSD, Depression and State Anxiety before Cognitive Behavior Therapy between Two Groups (N=32)
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PTSD=Posttraumatic stress disorder; Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 4
Comparison of Scores between Pretest and Posttest in the Two Groups (N=32)
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PTSD=Posttraumatic stress disorder; Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group;

†ANCOVA with pretest value as covariate.

Notes

This work was supported by Taean Environmental Health Center Research Fund 2009.

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