Anxiety in Children 8-10 Years

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine anxiety scores of 8-10 year old children. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive study was conducted on the parents of 288 children aged 8-10 years from Karaman. The population of the study consisted of the parents of healthy children aged 8-10 years and the study group consisted of volunteers to participate in the study. Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) –Parent Version was used as data collection tool. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t test in SPSS package program. FINDINGS In this study, the total score average of the scale was found to be 25,1 ±15,26. The mean total score of the girls was found to be 22.69 ± 13.44; The mean score of the scale was found to be 27.59 ± 16.66 in men. The mean score of anxiety in boys was higher than the anxiety score of girls and it was found that there was a statistically significant difference (p <0.01). RESULTS In this study, it was concluded that the anxiety level of males was higher than the girls in the 8-10 age group