Background:
Aggression is a kind of
behavior that causes damage or harm to others. The prevalence of aggression is
8–20% in 3–6 years old children. The present study aimed to assess the effect
of training kindergarten teachers regarding reinforcement behavior therapy on
preschoolers’ aggression.
Methods:
In this cluster
randomized control trial, 14 out of 35 kindergarten and preschool centers of
Mohr city, Iran, were chosen using random cluster sampling and then randomly
assigned to an intervention and a control group. All 370 kindergarten and
preschool children in 14 kindergarten were assessed by preschoolers’ aggression
questionnaire and 60 children who obtained a minimum aggression score of 117.48
for girls and 125.77 for boys were randomly selected. The teachers in the
intervention group participated in 4 educational sessions on behavior therapy
and then practiced this technique under the supervision of the researcher for
two months. Preschoolers’ aggression questionnaire was computed in both
intervention and control groups before and after a two-month period.
Results:
The results demonstrated
a significant statistical difference in the total aggression score (P=0.01), verbal
(P=0.02) and physical (P=0.01) aggression subscales scores in the intervention
group in comparison to the control group after the intervention. But the scores
of relational aggression (P=0.09) and impulsive anger (P=0.08) subscales were
not statistically different in the intervention group compared to the controls.
Conclusion:
This study highlighted
the importance of teaching reinforcement behavior therapy by kindergarten
teachers in decreasing verbal and physical aggression in preschoolers.
Full article at: http://goo.gl/ByrXqA
By: Shahrzad Yektatalab, PhD,1 Abdolrasool Alipour, MS,2 Mitra Edraki, MS,3 and Pouran Tavakoli, MS2
1Community Based Psychiatric Care Research
Center, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing
and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2Department of Mental Health and
Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of
Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3Community Based Psychiatric Care Research
Center, Department of Pediatric, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz
University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran
Corresponding author: Shahrzad Yektatalab, PhD;
Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Department of Mental Health
and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Namazee Square,
Shiraz, Iran Tel: +98 71 336474254; Fax: +98
71 36474250; Email:ri.ca.smus@hsatkey
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