A comparative study on separation anxiety of male and female preschoolers during hospitalization

Date of Completion

1996

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Children, Anxiety, Separation, Child, Hospitalized

Abstract

The method that was utilized in this study is quasi-experimental research. Selected preschoolers confined at the Non-communicable, Communicable, and Sub-specialty wards of the Philippine Children’s Medical Center were used as subjects of the study. Thirty subjects were selected from the above mentioned hospital half of which were male preschoolers and the other half, female. The subjects were chosen after careful screening and observing a set of criteria in the selection. The researchers adapted Wong and Bakers scale as a guide in conceptualizing this face and behavior rating scale. The statistical treatment used in the study were mean, t-test, paired t-test, and t-test for independent samples. 1) There is a significant difference between the levels of separation anxiety among hospitalized preschoolers before and after audio-visual stimulation. Preschoolers displayed greater anxiety without the audio-visual stimulation; 2) The hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the pre-treatment levels of reparation anxiety in male and female preschoolers is accepted. Since both groups belong to the same developmental stage and separation anxiety at this stage is still relatively high, researchers could say that the responses of male and female to separation are equal; 3) There is no significant difference between the post-treatment levels of separation anxiety in male and female preschoolers. This means that play can really capture and deviate child’s attention and that preschooler children, regardless of gender, succumb to audio-visual stimulation even during episodes of major stresses like separation from their caregivers.

Comments

Call Number: TH NM 96 01

Location: Research Commons

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