Effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral treatment for childhood anxiety in community clinics |
| |
Authors: | Wai-yee Lau Johnson Ching-hong Li |
| |
Institution: | a Child Assessment Service, Department of Health, 2/F, 147L Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong b Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G5, Canada c Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong |
| |
Abstract: | This study evaluated the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral treatment for childhood anxiety in a community clinic setting in Hong Kong, China. Forty-five clinically-referred children (age 6-11 years) were randomly assigned to either a cognitive-behavioral treatment program or a waitlist-control condition. Children in the treatment condition showed significant reduction in anxiety symptoms—both statistically and clinically—whereas children in the waitlist condition did not. After the waitlist period was over, the control group also received the treatment program and showed a similar reduction in symptoms. For the full sample of 45 children, the effectiveness of the intervention was significant immediately after treatment and in 3- and 6-month follow-ups. In addition, children’s anxiety cognition and their ability to cope with anxiety-provoking situations fully mediated the treatment gains. These results offer empirical support for cognitive-behavioral treatment programs in a non-Western cultural context and plausible mediators for how cognitive-behavioral therapy works. |
| |
Keywords: | Cognitive-behavioral therapy Childhood anxiety Efficacy Effectiveness Chinese Group therapy |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|