فاعلية برنامج إرشادي لتحسين الأمن النفسي لدى عينة من الأطفال مرتفعي الاكتئاب

Abstract EN

This study’s purpose is to prepare a counseling program for improving psychological security among high-depression children in the age stage (9-12 year olds), checking as well its effectiveness and exploring its lasting impact across time in improving psychological security.

Procedures: The study uses the experimental method, through designing two-fold groups, the experimental and the control group for the purpose of testing efficacy of the counseling program for improving the psychological security in a high-depression sample of children.

Sample: it consists of (30) children, using these tools: Scale of the Socio-Economic & Cultural Level (by Mohamed El-Behairy) is applied upon those depressed children, using also other tools such as Assiut University Test for Non-Verbal Intelligence (by Taha El-Mestekawy), the Counseling Program for improving psychological security in a high-depression sample of children (by Fatma Farag, the researcher), and Scale of Depression (by researcher).

Results indicate the effectiveness of the program in improving psychological security in a high-depression sample of children.