Relationship between Emotional Aspect of Preparatory School Childrenand their Exposure to Negative Life Experience

Ali, Soma Ibrahim; Abd El-dayem, Samia Mohamed; Elezaby, Hanan Hasan; Youssef, Ismaail Mohamed

doi:10.21608/asalexu.2015.205506

Relationship between Emotional Aspect of Preparatory School Childrenand their Exposure to Negative Life Experience

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

¹ Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

² Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

³ Psychiatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University

10.21608/asalexu.2015.205506

Abstract

Background: Adolescents of today are the adults of tomorrow. They make significant
contributions to the development of the community. Objective: This study is aiming to identify
the relationship between emotional aspect of preparatory school children and their exposure
to negative life experience. Subjects: The subjects of the study comprised 252 students, 69 of
them were males and 183 females, 204 were from Arabic Governmental Schools, and 48 from
Experimental Schools, their age ranged from 12 to 15 years. Tools: Five tools were utilized to
collect the necessary data in this study. Results: The study revealed that, there is a significant
relation between negative life experiences, anxiety and depression. Recommendations: The
main recommendations were counseling services for parents and caregivers about how to
manage adolescent anxiety and depression related to negative life events and social support
should be offered, especially to high-risk families to help them in child rearing.

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