The effect of early intervention in preschool children anxiety / 中国现代医生

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of early intervention in preschool children anxiety. Methods Children with Spence anxiety preschool scale score≥48 points were randomly divided into the intervention group and monitor group. The parents of children in intervention group were educated with a total of 6 collective curriculum of children's anxiety management, while the monitor group were followed up only. All the children were evaluated by scale on the third month, sixth month, one year and one and a half years respectively, and then the differences of the two groups were compared. Results The average score of the intervention group decreased continuously on the third month, sixth month,one year and one and a half years,and the differences of the two groups were statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion Early short-term education for parents can relieve their preschool children's anxiety effectively with long term effect.