Separation anxiety and the inhibition of aggression in preschool children

Employed mothers of young children worry about the effects of daily separation on their children Do fathers have similar anxieties? Because fathers are expected to leave the home and go to work, psychologists have not studied fathers' concerns about daily separation from their babies and preschool children In this study, we investigated fathers' and mothers' separation anxiety and the relationships between separation anxiety and family and child-care characteristics The sample included 589 married couples from a larger study of families and center-based child care Data were collected through in-home and center visits Fathers and mothers had similar levels of Separation Anxiety However, fathers reported slightly higher Concern for the Child, and mothers reported higher Employment Concerns Fathers' perceptions of their wives' anxieties were higher by half a standard deviation compared with mothers' reports Fathers' and mothers self-reported separation anxieties were modestly correlated Paternal separation anxiety was most strongly associated with fathers' perceptions of their wives' separation concerns, not with mothers' reported anxieties, which suggested ego defensiveness and projection

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The relationship between attachment styles of preschool children and the attachment styles and adult separation anxiety levels of their parents

The Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences ◽

10.5455/jnbs.1581753414 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Fatma Demirtaş ◽

Gül Günay ◽

İdil Doğan ◽

Büşra Özdoğan ◽

Hüseyin Unübol ◽

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Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Anxiety Levels ◽

The Relationship

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Comparison of the effects of desﬂurane and sevoﬂurane on emergence characteristics in pediatric patients premedicated with ketamine

10.22514/sv.2021.045 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Pediatric Anesthesia ◽

Sevoflurane Anesthesia ◽

Emergence Time ◽

Respiratory Complications ◽

Ambulatory Anesthesia ◽

Waiting Room ◽

Gag Reflex ◽

Group D

Objectives: Desflurane may be useful for ambulatory anesthesia. However, desflurane-induced airway irritability makes its use challenging, especially in children. Ketamine can be used to reduce separation anxiety and emergence agitation (EA). However, ketamine may increase bronchial secretions. This study compared desflurane with sevoflurane anesthesia, in terms of emergence time and EA, in preschool children with intravenous (IV) ketamine premedication. Methods: Fifty-six children were scheduled for elective epiblepharon surgery. In the waiting room, ketamine (1 mg/kg) was intravenously administered to patients to reduce separation anxiety. After transport to the operating room, general anesthesia was induced with sevoflurane. The anesthetic agent was changed to desflurane in the desflurane group (group D), while sevoflurane was continued in the sevoflurane group (group S) during surgery. Emergence time (time to gag reflex and time to extubation) and EA (measured using the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium [PAED] scale) were compared between the two groups. Respiratory complications were also recorded. Results: Time to gag reflex (611.1 ± 288.9 s vs. 275.0 ± 126.7 s, P < 0.001) and time to extubation (756.3 ± 267.2 s vs. 425.9 ± 122.9 s, P < 0.001) were significantly shorter in group D than group S. EA did not differ between the two groups. There were no severe respiratory complications. Conclusions: Emergence time was shorter for desflurane anesthesia than sevoflurane anesthesia in preschool children who received IV ketamine premedication. Desflurane anesthesia with IV 0.1 mg/kg of ketamine premedication could be used safely in pediatric ophthalmic surgery; there were no significant respiratory events.

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Effect of art therapy and play therapy on anxiety among hospitalized preschool children

Journal of Biomedical Sciences ◽

10.3126/jbs.v7i2.34006 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 71-76

Author(s):

Sweta Rani Dalei ◽

Geeta Rani Nayak ◽

Rubi Pradhan

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Art Therapy ◽

Play Therapy ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Study Data ◽

Anxiety Level ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Post Test

Background: Play is a tremendous method of communication, expansion of social relationship and communal understanding. Admission into the hospital leads to anxiety and strain for children due to alteration in the settings and their health conditions. Children suffer from separation anxiety; they are not cooperative and do not allow nurses to do any invasive procedures. So the study aimed to find out the anxiety level and role of art and play therapy to overcome it. Material and methods: Sixty preschool hospitalised children were selected for the study. Data were collected through a self-structured questionnaire on socio-demographic and hospitalisation anxiety scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Results: The study findings revealed that 75%, 20% and 5% of children had moderate, severe and mild anxiety during hospitalisation. There was a significant difference observed between pre-test and a post-test mean score of anxiety level in art and play therapy at p<0.0001. A significant relationship was observed between the duration of hospitalisation and anxiety level. Conclusion: The present study's findings conclude that art therapy and play therapy are cost-effective, convenient, and require less skill to reduce anxiety among hospitalised preschool children.

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Delineating the developmental sequelae of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579420001959 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Morgan J. Thompson ◽

Patrick T. Davies ◽

Rochelle F. Hentges ◽

Melissa L. Sturge-Apple

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Psychological Adjustment ◽

Externalizing Problems ◽

Interparental Conflict ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Social Withdrawal ◽

Developmental Outcomes ◽

Unemotional Traits ◽

Callous And Unemotional Traits ◽

Behavioral Reactivity

Abstract The present study examined the developmental value of parsing different forms of children's risky involvement in interparental conflict as predictors of children's subsequent psychological adjustment. Participants included a diverse sample of 243 preschool children (Mage = 4.6 years) and their mothers across two measurement occasions spaced 2 years apart. Three forms of risky involvement (i.e., cautious, caregiving, and coercive) were identified using maternal narratives describing children's emotional and behavioral reactivity during and immediately following interparental conflict. Utilizing a multimethod, multi-informant design, findings revealed that each form of involvement prospectively predicted unique configurations of children's developmental outcomes. Greater coercive involvement was associated with higher levels of externalizing problems, callous and unemotional traits, and extraversion. Higher levels of caregiving involvement were linked with greater separation anxiety. Finally, cautious involvement predicted more separation anxiety and social withdrawal.

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The Effectiveness of Time Perspective Therapy on Maternal Dark Tetrad Personality and Separation Anxiety Symptoms of Preschool Children

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology ◽

10.32598/ijpcp.27.2.2849.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Parisa Ghasemi Zadeh ◽

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Leila Shameli ◽

Habib Hadian Fard ◽

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Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Time Perspective ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Study Data ◽

Anxiety Symptoms ◽

The Other ◽

Control Group ◽

Post Test

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of time perspective therapy (TPT) on maternal dark tetrad personality and separation anxiety symptoms in preschool children. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was carried out using pre-test and post-test design with a control group and a one-step follow-up. Out of all preschool children with Separation Anxiety symptoms of Kazerun, in winter of 2019, 32 individuals were selected via convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental (16 persons) and control groups (16 persons). Mothers of Children in the experimental group participated in six 90-minute sessions once per week of TPT. The study data were obtained by using dirty dozen scales, short sadistic impulse scale and children symptom inventory-4. The achieved data were analyzed by analysis of variance with repeated-measures in SPSS-22. Results: Findings indicated that maternal TPT leads to significant decrease in Separation Anxiety symptoms and narcissism (p≤0.05) in the post-test and follow up. But it doesnchr('39')t have any significant decrease in the other sub scales of dark tetrad personality (P≥0.05). Conclusion: Maternal Time Perspective therapy decreases Separation Anxiety symptoms in preschool children and narcissism of mothers but it doesnchr('39')t have any result in the other sub scales of dark tetrad personality of mothers.

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Study of Adaptation of the Preschool Anxiety’s Scale in Children to Turkish

International Education Studies ◽

10.5539/ies.v13n9p82 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 82

Author(s):

Şahin Hakan

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Age Group ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Data Set ◽

General Anxiety ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Confirmatory Factor

The purpose of this research is to study the validity and reliability of the Preschool Anxiety’s Scale in a wide Turkish sample according to the age group of 3, 4 and 5 years. 302 of the 918 children participated in the research aged 3 years, 303 are in the age group of 4 and 313 are in the age group of 5. The scale is based on parent’s assessment for preschool children aged 3-5 years, the descriptive method was used in the study. During the development process of the scale, 6 experts were consulted for the form that provided the language equality. The Construct validity was also determined based on AFA and DFA. The Corrected item-total correlations and Cronba’s Alpha reliability coefficient were calculated in order to determine the reliability of the scale. The KMO and the Barlett test have showed that the factor analysis is suitable for the data set. Within the context of confirmatory factor analysis 28 items and 5 dimensions including in the Anxiety Scale for Preschool Children have been verified with the data obtained in the scope of the research. In accordance with the data obtained from the parents of children aged 3, 4 and 5 years it was determined that the general anxiety, social anxiety, fear of social injury, separation anxiety, the sub-dimensions of the obsessive compulsive disorder and the score obtained from the scale were reliable. The Reliability levels of the overall scale and the sub-factors were found to be sufficient. The scale was found to be reliable and valid by the results acquired in the research. At the end of the study it was found that the scale has the characteristics of being used independently in each group.

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