فاعلية برنامج علاجي معرفي سلوكي للتخفيف من حدة الصدمة النفسية للأطفال المتأثرين بالعدوان (الإسرائيلي)‎ على غزة

الملخص EN

The current study aimed to identify "the effectiveness of a cognitive behavior therapy program to reduce the severity of the psychological trauma of children affected by the (Israeli) aggression on Gaza," the program was applied to a group of children who were exposed to psychological trauma in the governorate of Gaza, and their ages ranged between (12-15) years, and the sample was chosen using the available sample method.

the study sample consisted of (20) children who were exposed to psychological trauma in the gaza region, and the children were divided into two groups as follows : the first experimental group consists of (10) children and the second control group, and it consists of (10) children, as they were chosen out of 100 children who were exposed to psychological trauma in the governorate of Gaza, knowing that the sample has obtained the highest level of degrees of psychological trauma on posttraumatic stress disorder scale.

In his current study, the researcher used to answer the research questions the following tools : benus and nader scale prepared by frederick (1985), translated and standardized by Dr.

Abdulaziz Thabet (2000), Cognitive-Behavioral therapy program, prepared by the researcher, and also used statistical methods that are descriptive statistics, including statistical mean, standard deviation, relative weight, alpha-cronbach coefficient and mid division to measure the stability coefficients of the study tool, mann whitney nonparametric test "for two independent samples, person's correlation, wilcox on test and eta > value.

there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children of the control group and the mean scores of the experimental group children with regard to the degrees of symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder in the post measurement, and the differences were in favor of the children of the experimental group who underwent the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program.

there were statistically significant differences between the pre and post scores in the symptoms of post-traumatic stress and its three dimensions : (re-experience of traumatic event, avoidance of traumatic event & hyperarousal) for children in the experimental group, and the differences were in favor of post measurement.

this indicates that the cognitive behavioral therapy program has an effect in reducing the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder in children subjected to psychological trauma as a result of the Israeli aggression in Gaza Governorate.