ผลของโปรแกรมการปรึกษาเชิงจิตวิทยาแบบกลุ่มตามแนวคิด การปรับความคิดและพฤติกรรมระยะสั้นต่อความกลัว การรักษาทางทันตกรรม ในเด็กอายุ 9-10 ปี

Abstract

This research aims to study the effects of the group counselling program based on brief cognitive behavioral therapy on 9-10 year-old children’s dental fear. This is a quasi-experimental research. The samples were selected by purposive random sampling from the dental fear scores greater than or equal to 38. There were a total of 24 subjects being sampled, where they were equally assigned to the experimental group and control group. The experimental group participated in the group counseling program based on brief cognitive behavioral therapy but the control group did not participate. The research instruments consisted of the group counselling program based on brief cognitive behavioral therapy and the children’s fear survey schedule-dental subscale (CFSS-DS). There were 3 phases of data collection including pretest, posttest and follow-up test which were completed in about four weeks. The data was analyzed for percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent t- test and one-way repeated measures ANOVA. The research findings were summarized as follows: 1) For the posttest period, the experimental group had the dental fear scores decreased from the pretest period with a statistically significant difference of p0.001. In addition, the dental fear scores for the follow-up period of the experimental group decreased more than the post-test period with a statistically significant difference of p0.05. 2) The children who participated in the group counseling program based on brief cognitive behavioral therapy had lower dental fear scores than the control group with a statistically significant difference of p0.001. In conclusion, the group counseling program based on brief cognitive behavioral therapy is found to be effective in decreasing child dental fear.