ABSTRACT
Objective: Current study aimed to determine the effectiveness of neurofeedback training on decreasing posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] in veterans
Methods: The present study is an experimental research with pretest, posttest, and control group design. Patients with PTSD were randomly selected by purposive sampling method and assigned in experimental [15 persons] and control groups [15 persons]. Data were collected by the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist [PCL]. After the pretest, experimental group received neurofeedback training for 20 sessions, 3 days per week. Groups were evaluated for intensity of symptoms by PCL questionnaire at the beginning and end of the study. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance [ANCOVA] by SPSS version 22
Results: The results of covariance test showed that there are differences between adjusted mean of PTSD symptoms in groups in posttest by removing the impact of pretest scores
Conclusion: Our findings showed that neurofeedback training has significantly decreased the score of total symptoms [F=22.506, P<0.001]
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to standardize and assign validity and reliability of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children [TSCC-A].Normative data for the TSCC-A were based on 3042 students participating in a prevalence child abuse study in 19 different locations of Tehran and 140 participants who had been refered to the run-away children centers in Tehran. After the TSCC was validated on run-away and abused children, it was made available to researchers doing larger studies on a normative group.Reliability analysis of the TSCC-A scales in the normative sample demonstrated high internal consistency. The evidence for its validations [convergent, discriminant and construct validity] showed that they were significantly acceptable.This paper presents data demonstrating the psychometric reliability and validity of the TSCC-A scales in the Iranian student population. We suggest to include the TSCC-A in a battery of relevant standardized tests