Parenting trends towards intimidation of children from doctor and injections and its relation to some demo-graphic variables

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Ebtihal E.Eltyeb

Omdurman Islamic university, Sudan

: J Trauma Stress Disor

Abstract

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Every child seems to have normal level of fears towards certain subjects that started in early childhood and act asaninsurance policy to protect the child from harm. Parents play major role in reassuring their children and protecting them from fear and anxiety, on the other hand they may behave to cause child fear by over protection or sometimes by intimidating them to obey certain commands or to stop annoying act. Objectives: Were to assess the psychological impact of the parenting trends towards intimidation of their children from doctors and injections and to assess its relation to some demographic variables (parenting relationship (father, mother), parental ages, parental level of education, sex of the child and if the child has chronic illness). Method: The study followed the descriptive analytical method and included the parents of 103 kindergarten children aged 3-6 years. Data collected using the scale of parenting trends in the period of September 2015 to January 2016. Results: Intimidating the child from the doctor and the injections has highly negative impact on the child psychologically. There are no significant differences in the degree of intimidation of the child from doctors and injections attributable to the parenting relationship, their age, their educational level, the child sex and the presence of chronic illness. Conclusion: Intimidation of the children from doctor and injections has highly negative impact in the children psychologically. No significant differences attributable to the demographical variables.

Biography

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