Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program to Reduce Prolonged Grief in Children Without a Father

Abstract

The current study aimed to reveal the Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program to Reduce Prolonged Grief in in children who lost a father in the age group (6-12) years, numbering (n=30), who were chosen intentionally and randomly divided into two groups, and a measure of prolonged grief prepared by the researcher was used, and the Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program was applied in nine sessions, The final results indicated: Firstly, there were statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in the post-measurement of prolonged Grief after controlling for the effect of the pre-measurement, which indicates that the therapeutic program that was applied to the experimental group contributed significantly to the decrease in the level of prolonged Grief among the sample members. Secondly, the results of the pre-measurement, the post-measurement, and the follow-up measurement after two weeks of the Prolonged Grief Scale indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the average of the pre-measurement and the post-measurement and the follow-up measurements, and these differences were in favor of the pre-measurement, meaning that the post-measurement and the follow-up measurement reduced prolonged Grief .The results also indicated that there were no