Abstract
The study aim was to investigate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) EMDR therapy on children with post-traumatic disorder (PTSD) in traffic accidents. The research population consists of children 7-11 years old in Tehran city who are surviving serious traffic accidents in 2014 that after screening 20 patients selected as sample who had the highest prevalence PTSD and divided into two groups of 10 patients randomly that the first group, called control group and second group was experimental group. The tools used in the study were anxiety depression scale and 42- DASS stress scale that had good convergent and discriminative validity and reliability by Cronbach’s alpha for the subscales depression, anxiety and stress at an acceptable level 0.91, 0.84 and 0.84 calculated, respectively. At first, 42- DASS test performed in the experimental and control group and then experimental group treated by Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR), re-test in both groups was performed, and the results were analyzed. However, there is no significant difference between the two groups in terms of anxiety. As a result, it stated that EMDR therapy has been effective on depression and stress in children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Highlights
The tools used in the study were anxiety depression scale and 42- DASS stress scale that had good convergent and discriminative validity and reliability by Cronbach's alpha for the subscales depression, anxiety and stress at an acceptable level 0.91, 0.84 and 0.84 calculated, respectively
Many single initial case studies show the significant effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and open processing (EMDR) (Puk, 1991, Wolpe & Abrams, 1991; Kleinknecht and Morgan, 1992; MacCanon, 1992; Pellicer, 1993)
This method affected the soldiers by the war (Carlson, Chemtob, Rusnak and Hedlund, 1998), victims of violent assaults (Kleinknecht and Morgan, 1992), post-traumatic stress disorder and other diagnoses that used Eye Movement Desensitization and open processing (EMDR) significantly (Vaughan, Wise, Gold and Taryr, 1994), has confirmed
Summary
As can be seen from the above table sig interaction between independent variables and depression 0.902 and the dependent variable as well as anxiety 0.655, stress 0.691 that all three of them are bigger than the alpha level 0.05 with the possibility 0.95 states the assumption of homogeneity of the slope of the regression line is met. As can be seen in table sig =0.401 value that is greater than the alpha level 0.05 and probability 0.950 states that the assumption of homogeneity of variance with probability - covariance is met. As can be seen in the table above three variables sig amount 0.409 depression 0.409, anxiety 0.278 and stress 0.579 that are larger than the alpha level and the same assumptions about the error variance for variable compliance
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