The Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Using the Child Behavior Checklist as an Evaluating Tool
| Autor: | Yu-Chi Shih, 石昱棋 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 97 Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of comprehensive cognitive behavioral therapy for ADHD children, using two methods of therapy, outpatient therapy and combination therapy as comparison. Methods: Forty-six boys with ADHD referred from the psychiatric department and qualified for the study were recruited, they went into the waiting list in the order referred, and were assigned to the outpatient group (routinely go back to outpatient clinics to follow up on medication use, n=17), the comprehensive cognitive behavioral therapy group (CCBT, participate in the comprehensive cognitive behavioral therapy group but does not go back to outpatient clinics for medication, n=7) or the outpatient plus CCBT group (O+C group, routinely go back to outpatient clinics for medication and participate in the CCBT group, n=22), the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used to evaluate therapy effectiveness. Results: Wilcoxon signed ranks test, a non-parametric statistical analysis, was used to conduct pre and post within group comparison, results found for the O+C group, post-test scores of internalizing, anxious/depressed, externalizing, aggressive behavior, thought problems, total problems of symptom scales and affective problems, anxious problems, attention deficit hyperactivity problems of DSM scales were significantly lower than pre-test scores (p＜.05). For the CCBT group, post-test of anxious/depressed, rule-breaking behavior, thought problems, attention problems, total problems in the symptom scales and affective problems, attention deficit hyperactivity problems, conduct problems in the DSM scale had significantly improved (p＜.05).The outpatient group did not show significant differences between pre- and post-test scores in CBCL subscales (p＞.05). Discussion: Will be compared with other studies, and investigate the therapy effectiveness process. |
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