Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)‎ program on reducing oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)‎ in children aged Seven to Twelve in Khartoum Stat

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This study aimed at measuring the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program on reducing oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in children aged (7-12) years in Khartoum State.

The researchers used the experimental research.

The instruments of data collection and measurement consisted of: an oppositional defiant disorder scale and a cognitive behavior therapy program, which were designed by the researchers themselves.

The cognitive behavior therapy program aimed to guarantee the probability reduction of ODD in these children.

After stating that these tools had excellent psychometric properties, they were applied to a purposive sample consisting of 35 children (boys and girls) with ODD.

In order to evaluate the reduction effects from pre-test to post-test, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for data analysis, using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient factors, Cronbach’s Alpha factors, one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s range test.

Eventually, the results of this study suggested that there were significant differences in program effectiveness of CBT for children who were aged (7-12) years in favor of a post-test.

Furthermore, the results indicated that there were no significant differences in the effectiveness of CBT program on reducing ODD in children who were aged (7-12) years in favor of the age variable, whereas there are significant differences in the effectiveness of CBT program on reducing ODD in children who were aged (7-12) year in favor of the peer relationship variable.

Finally, the researchers proposed many recommendations, most notably including: psychotherapist should pay more attention to children with ODD and should apply CBT program to these children.

In addition, CBT program tools should be unified and adapted for all children’s ages so that it can be beneficially used for them.