Naslov
Emotional Problems and Specific Irrational Beliefs of Children and Adolescents Suffering from Headaches

Autori
Perković Kovačević, Marina ; Buljubašić, Maja ; Kereta, Anja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, ostalo

Knjiga
21st Psychology days in Zadar: Book of Selected Proceedings

Urednik/ci
Tokić, Andrea

Izdavač
Odjel za psihologiju Sveučilišta u Zadru

Grad
Zadar

Godina
2020

Raspon stranica
125-138

ISBN
978-953-331-282-8

Ključne riječi
headaches, irrational beliefs, emotional impairment, children and adolescents

Sažetak
In paediatric outpatient clinics, patients with headaches make up for more than a third of the total number of examinations. Studies show that over 70% of school children suffer from headaches at least once a year and that development of headaches can favour many organic, environmental and psychogenic factors. Irrational beliefs play the primary role in the development of many emotional difficulties. Due to irrational beliefs, some children and adolescents continually distort the meaning of events in a negative direction. Catastrophizing plays a crucial role in the development and maintenance of headaches. It leads to over-estimation, rumination, helplessness and greater focus on pain. Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine whether there is any difference in irrational beliefs and emotional impairment between the clinical and control group of children and adolescents, with the purpose of gaining knowledge for future planning of cognitive-behavioural treatment.Methods: The research was conducted at the Department of Paediatrics, Clinical Hospital Centre Osijek, among the inpatients and outpatients with headache, as well as in two primary and secondary schools in Osijek. Children and adolescents aged between 10 and 18 were examined (N = 172). The research included the Headache Questi- 126onnaire, Irrational Beliefs Test and Beck Youth Inventories- second edition (BYI-II). Results: The results indicate a significant difference in the level of emotional impairment between the control and clinical group of children and adolescents, with children from the clinical group showing a higher level of emotio-nal impairment, as well as a greater inclination to irrational beliefs.Conclusion: Children in the clinical group exhibit significantly more emotional disturbances. In addition, higher level of some irrational beliefs has been observed in the clinical group when compared to the control group of schoolchildren. Results will be used to plan cognitive behavioural treatment for children and adolescents

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Psihologija

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