Treatments of Children with Post-Traumatic Stress Reactions to Bus Traffic Accident: A Preliminary Study Author:CHING-FU CHEN, JANE CHIU, MYAU-FEN YANG, SU-YUN HUANG
Research Article
The aims of this study were to investigate 33 school children who had experienced a car accident : (1) Did these trauma-stricken children show any change or improvement on PTSD syndromes? (2) Was there any d i fference on State Anxiety and Trait Anxiety respectively comparing to children of other schools? The results of this study showed that: (1) there was significant difference between PTSD syndromes before and after the combined interventions; (2) there was no significant difference between these target children and children of other schools on State Anxiety and Trait Anxiety; and (3) there was no significant diff e r e n c e found on State Anxiety and Trait Anxiety before and after the combined interventions. Suggestions were made for future research and counseling practice.