关于焦虑的儿童文学:系统审查和内容分析
Margaret E Crane1, Julia S Ney2, Katherine E Holland2
1Temple University; Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Behavior therapy
|October 25, 2025
概括
关于焦虑的儿童书籍往往缺乏关键的应对策略. 虽然认知和暴露技术很常见,但很少有书籍模拟面对恐惧或护理人员的赞美,限制它们作为心理健康预防工具的使用.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
- 书籍治疗 书籍治疗
背景情况:
- 儿童文学可以通过传播基于证据的实践元素,作为心理健康的普遍预防策略.
- 关于焦虑的图画书提供了一个潜在的途径,教导青少年有效的应对机制.
研究的目的:
- 分析儿童文学图书中针对青少年焦虑的特定实践元素的存在和频率.
- 确定哪些实践元素是最常见和最不常见的,并探索影响其包含的因素.
主要方法:
- 对191本儿童图书进行了内容分析,这些图书是从1640本书的选中确定出来的.
- 书籍被编码为八种实践元素:精神教育,标记身体感觉,放松,认知,解决问题,应急管理,暴露和暴露后处理.
主要成果:
- 每本书平均模拟2.39个实践元素,其中认知 (60%),暴露 (46%) 和标记身体感觉 (42%) 是最常见的.
- 应急管理 (7%) 是最不常见的元素. 心理健康专业人员或自助信息的书籍更有可能包括暴露后处理和放松技巧.
- 较老的目标年龄组 (9-12岁) 比较年轻的年龄组 (≤8岁) 显示出更多的实践元素. 值得注意的是,54%的有焦虑角色的书籍没有模拟面对恐惧.
结论:
- 关于青少年焦虑的儿童书籍模拟了有限数量的实践元素,表明有效教导应对策略存在差距.
- 缺乏面对恐惧和照顾者称赞的元素表明错过了增强书籍治疗影响的机会.
- 临床医生,护理人员和图书馆员应该考虑治疗师的书籍或那些有自助组件的书籍,以更好地建模心理健康实践元素.
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