TY - JOUR ID - 8753 TI - Effect of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Reduction Social and Emotional Maladjustment of Physically Abused Children: A Clinical Trial JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Farnia, Vahid AU - Tatari, Faezeh AU - Salemi, Safora AU - Kazemi, Ashraf AU - Alikhani, Mostafa AU - Golshani, Senobar AU - Hokari, Sara AD - Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. AD - Reproductive Health Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Science Isfahan, Iran. Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 5 IS - 8 SP - 5473 EP - 5481 KW - Child abuse KW - Cognition KW - Emotional maladjustment KW - Social maladjustment DO - 10.22038/ijp.2017.23549.1980 N2 -   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 <0.001), while in the control group the mean of social and emotional maladjustment were not significantly different between pre-test and post-test. Conclusion At current study, results showed that TF.CBT reduced the social and emotional maladjustment among physically abused children. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_8753.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_8753_c41de7c7a5e74931efe01dc6fd74935d.pdf ER -