The Effects of a Post-traumatic Stress Follow-up Test Through the Education Group Program for Children at Childcare Facilities

Authors

  • Minkyeong Kim Department of Child welfare, Namseoul University, 91 Daehak-ro, Seunghwan-eup, Seobuk-gu, CheonanCity, Chungnam, Korea Author

Keywords:

Traumatic experience, Post-traumatic stress, Group program, Childcare facilities, Children

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of post-traumatic stress through the education program for children at childcare facilities. And for hypothesis verification, Mann-Whitney U analysis and Wilcoxon signed rank test were conducted. The major findings were as; The group program had the effect of the reducing the post-traumatic stress of children in child care facilities. It was also found to be effective for changes in re-experience, evasion, hyperarousal which are sub-factors of children's post-traumatic stress. This study has significance in terms that it proved the importance on the improvement of children’s post-traumatic stress at childcare facilities. 

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2024-07-23

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Kim, M. . (2024). The Effects of a Post-traumatic Stress Follow-up Test Through the Education Group Program for Children at Childcare Facilities. Cuestiones De Fisioterapia, 53(02), 158-163. https://cuestionesdefisioterapia.es/index.php/cf/article/view/608