Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology

fa اختلال پس از استرس ضربه‌ای در دانش‌آموزان دبستانی شاهد به دارآویختن یک مجرم Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Primary School Children Subsequent to Observing a Criminal Being Hanged روانپزشکی و روانشناسی Psychiatry and Psychology پژوهشي اصيل Original Research <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Abstract<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Objectives: Many children who had witnessed violent and criminal events develop symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In this study the development of PTSD was assessed in primary school children who had witnessed the public hanging of a criminal.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Method: This descriptive study was carried out on 200 7-11years old students of a primary school who had witnessed the execution. For gathering the data, a PTSD checklist based on DSM-IV criteria as well as Child-PTSD-Reaction Index (CPTSD-RI) were filled through interviews with children’s parents three months after the event. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt FONT-FAMILY: Symbol mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-font-family: 'B Lotus' mso-char-type: symbol mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol">c2 test. <p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Results: Fifty two percent of subjects showed some symptoms of PTSD. Forty three percent, 31%, and 12% showed symptoms of reexperience, hyperarousal, and avoidance behavior respectively. The most prevalent symptoms were severely distressing and recurrent recollection of the event. The frequency of PTSD was 12%. The mean severity of symptoms according to CPTSD-RI was 39.1<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt FONT-FAMILY: Symbol mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-font-family: 'B Lotus' mso-char-type: symbol mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol">±3.7 (average to severe).<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly">Conclusion: Witnessing execution can lead to the development of moderate to severe PTSD symptoms in children.<p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida DIRECTION: ltr TEXT-INDENT: 0cm LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt MARGIN-RIGHT: 6.5pt unicode-bidi: embed TEXT-ALIGN: justify TEXT-KASHIDA: 0% mso-line-height-rule: exactly"> کلیدواژه: اختلال پس از استرس ضربه‌ای، کودکان، به دار آویختن Key words: posttraumatic stress disorder, children, hanging 129 133 http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-21&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Abbas Attari عباس عطاری E-mail:attari@excite.com 18003194753284600115 18003194753284600115 Yes Saideh Dashti سعیده دشتی 18003194753284600116 18003194753284600116 No Masoomeh Mahmoudi معصومه محمودی 18003194753284600117 18003194753284600117 No