- Nila. J, L. Saraswathi, K. Deepalakshmi, Prof. Dr. G. Muthamilselvi
- Volume 2, Issue 1
Address: Nila. J 1, L. Saraswathi 2, K. Deepalakshmi 3, Prof. Dr. G. Muthamilselvi 4
- M.Sc. (Nursing), Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry
- Professor, Child Health Nursing, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry
- Assistant Professor, Child Health Nursing, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry
- Principal, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College, Puducherry
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Childhood age is an important period of life most of the behaviours, healthy practices develop during this period. Learning takes place through various institutions such as family, school and community.
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of parent child interaction therapy on behaviour problems among the school age children.
Methodology: A Quasi-experimental one group pretest post-test research design was adapted for this study. A total sample size of this study is 60 school age children with behavioural problems were selected using purposive sampling technique.
Result and Findings: The result shows that the majority 44 (73.3%) of them had moderate behavioural problems, 13 (21.7%) of them had mild behavioural problem and 3(5%) of them had severe behavioural problems. The calculated ‘t’ value was 5.996, and the p-value was p<0.01. Hence it is highly significant.
Conclusion: The study concluded that school-age children had significant improvement in the level of behavioural problems before and after parent-child interaction therapy.
Keywords: School age children, Behavioral problems, Parent child interaction therapy.
- Nila. J, L. Saraswathi, K. Deepakakshmi, G. Muthamilselvi (2024). A Study to assess the effectiveness of parent child interaction therapy on behavioral problems among school age children residing at selected area, Puducherry”. International Journal of Innovative Research in Health Science, 2 (1), 62-70.
