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KMID : 0981220210210010145
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2021 Volume.21 No. 1 p.145 ~ p.171
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Comparison of the Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Visual Attention Training for Anxiety Reduce of Children with Non-Verbal Learning Disorder
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Heo Sung-Hee
Kim Jung-Min
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT) and cognitive behavioral therapy with visual attention training(CBT+VAT) for anxiety reduction in children with non-verbal learning disorders. The subjects of the study were selected by conducting K-WISC-III, K-ROCF, and K-CBCL to 65 children aged 7 to 13 years old in elementary and middle schools in Seoul, and were assigned 8 children respectively to the CBT group, the CBT+VAT group, and the control group. The CBT program and the CBT+VAT program were conducted individually for a total of 10 sessions, twice a week. The CBT program was conducted for 60 minutes each session, and the CBT+VAT program was conducted by adding 20 minutes visual attention training after the CBT program. The main results of this study are as follows. First, in pre-post-testing, both CBT group and the CBT+VAT group showed significant changes cognitive characteristics(increased positive automatic thought, decreased negative automatic thought), emotional characteristics(reduced anxiety and social anxiety), behavioral characteristics (social skills). Second, when comparing the post-test between groups, the CBT group and the CBT+VAT group showed significant differences in cognitive, emotional, and behavioral characteristics compared to the control group and the CBT+VAT group compared to the CBT group. Third, as a result of follow-up test 2 months after the end of the program, both the CBT group and the CBT+VAT group showed that the effectiveness of the program was maintained.
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KEYWORD
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non-verbal learning disorder, anxiety, CBT, visual attention training
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