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Child-Parent Relationship Therapy for Earthquake-Affected Preschoolers: A 1-Year Controlled Study

Merve Nur Bozkurt Karali1, Yasemin Özkan2, Dilşad Foto Özdemir3

  • 1Hitit University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Social Work, Çorum, Türkiye.

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
|April 10, 2026
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Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) showed some benefits for earthquake-affected children

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Trauma Studies
  • Family Therapy

Background:

  • Earthquake-affected preschool children experience significant emotional distress.
  • Maternal psychological well-being is crucial for child recovery post-disaster.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) for earthquake-affected children and mothers in Türkiye.
  • To assess the impact of CPRT on parental empathy, parent-child relationship, and children's posttraumatic outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Quasi-experimental controlled design with experimental, placebo, and control groups.
  • Longitudinal assessment of parental empathy, parent-child relationship, and child emotional-behavioral problems at multiple time points.
  • Participants included 12 mothers and children in each of the three groups.

Main Results:

  • Mothers in the CPRT group demonstrated significant improvements in empathy.
  • Children's loneliness and sleep problems showed short-term decrease; emotional distress and impulsivity declined at 1-year follow-up.
  • Fear/anxiety increased across all groups; no significant group differences in emotional-behavioral problems or relationship quality were observed.

Conclusions:

  • CPRT positively impacted certain aspects of posttraumatic well-being in children.
  • Environmental stressors and maternal psychological factors hindered the long-term effectiveness of CPRT.
  • Further research is needed to address sustained therapeutic gains in disaster-affected populations.
Abstract

Keywords:
child PTSDchild–parent relationship therapyearthquakemother PTSDparent–child relationship

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