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        1 - Comparing empathy in 5-11 years old children with internalizing disorders
        Zeynab Khanjani Maryam Shariati Yadegar Amin
        The main purpose of this study was to compare the Empathy transition in 5-11 year old children with internalizing disorders. The method of the study was causal-comparative. The statistical population was all the 5-11 year old pre-school and elementary children from five More
        The main purpose of this study was to compare the Empathy transition in 5-11 year old children with internalizing disorders. The method of the study was causal-comparative. The statistical population was all the 5-11 year old pre-school and elementary children from five districts of Tabriz. The sampling method was simple random sampling. The five age groups included 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11 years old. Thirty patients (15 male and 15 female) were selected from each age group. To gather the data, two questionnaires (children symptom inventory and Dodds` empathy scale) were used. To analyze the data, one way ANOVA and follow up Tukeys test were conducted. The results showed that there was a significant difference among the 5-11 year old children on empathy transition. Based on the results of th Turkey test, it was found that was a significant difference between 5- and 6- year old children. Also, a significant difference was found between 7-and 9- year old children and 11- year old ones. There was also a significant difference among the 5-11 year old children with internalizing disorder. The results of the Turkey test showed that there was a significant difference between 5- and 6- year old children and 7-, 9-, and 11 year old ones. Moreover, there was a significant difference between 7- and 9- year old children 11- year – old ones. It was concluded that with increased empathy, the level of internalizing disorder decreases.  Manuscript profile
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        2 - Effectiveness of the coping cat therapy program in decreasing internalized symptoms of iranian children
        Maryam Tehranizadeh Parirokh Dadsetan Kazem R. Tabatabaee Parviz Azad Fallah Ali Fathi Ashtiani
        In order to decrease internalized symptoms based on Coping Cat therapy program (kendall,1994), an experimental pretest and post-test with control group design was conducted. Sample group consisted of 80 (40 females and 40 males) third through fifth grades primary school More
        In order to decrease internalized symptoms based on Coping Cat therapy program (kendall,1994), an experimental pretest and post-test with control group design was conducted. Sample group consisted of 80 (40 females and 40 males) third through fifth grades primary school students who were diagnosed to have internalized disorders based on Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) of Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA; Achenbach and Rescorla, 2001). The participants randomly assigned to two equally experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 16 individual therapy sessions. The post-test means of groups were compared by covariance and chart analyses. The results indicated that internalized symptoms significantly decreased, over 30% of participants passed from clinical to normal spectrum, and the Coping Cat program was effective in Iranian culture.      Manuscript profile