Duygusal İhmal ve Duygusal İstismara Müdahale: Bir Pilot Çalışma

Öz

Amaç: Bu araştırma okul öncesi dönemde çocuğu olan ebeveynlere yönelik geliştirilen duygusal ihmal ve duy-gusal istismara müdahale programının etkililiğini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Gereç ve yöntemler: İstanbul’da bir anaokulunda bulunan 7 deney 7 kontrol grubuna atanmak üzere 14 gönüllü ebeveyn ile yürütülmüş olup deney grubuna 14 oturumluk müdahale programı uygulanmıştır. Müdahale öncesi ve sonrasında iki gruba da “Duygusal İstismar Potansiyeli Ölçeği”, “Duygusal İstismar Farkındalık Ölçeği” ve “Anne-Çocuk İhmal Ölçeği” uygulanmıştır. Müdahale programının etkililiğini incelemek için grup içi ve gruplar arası karşılaştırmalar parametrik ve parametrik olmayan testler ile analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Analiz sonuçlarına göre grupların ön test puanları ölçme araçlarının tamamı için farklılık gösterme-mektedir. Deney grubu “Nedensel” ön test puanları son test puanlarından anlamı düzeyde düşük, “Duygusal İhmal” ön test puanları son test puanlarından anlamı düzeyde yüksektir. “Duygusal İhmal” alt boyutu artan puan-ları azalan duygusal ihmal düzeyini göstermektedir. Deney grubu “Nedensel”, “Duygusal İstismar Farkındalık” ve “Duygusal İhmal” son test puanları kontrol grubu son test puanlarından anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşmaktadır. Sonuç: Çalışma sonucunda, geliştirilen çok boyutlu müdahale programının ebeveynlerin duygusal istismar nedensel davranışlarını ve duygusal ihmal düzeylerini azalttığı görülerek duygusal istismar farkındalık düzeyi açısından koruyucu bir rolü olduğu görülmüştür. Duygusal ihmal ve istismarın bireyin ruh sağlığı üzerindeki uzun vadeli etkileri göz önünde bulundurulduğunda, geliştirilen müdahale programı, ruh sağlığı alanında çalışan uzmanlara grup temelli uygulamalarda yol gösterebilecek bütüncül ve etkili bir model sunmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Duygusal ihmal
• Duygusal istismar
• Müdahale programı

Emotional Neglect and Emotional Abuse Intervention: A Pilot Study

Abstract

Aim: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of an intervention program developed for parents of presc-hool-aged children to reduce emotional neglect and emotional abuse. Method: The study was conducted with 14 parents from a preschool in Istanbul, randomly assigned to experi-mental (n=7) and control (n=7) group. The experimental group participated in a 14-session intervention program. Prior to and following the intervention, all participants completed the “Emotional Abuse Potential Scale,” the “Recognition of Emotional Maltreatment Scale,” and the “Mother–Child Neglect Scale.” Parametric and non-parametric tests were used to analyze within- and between-group differences to evaluate the program's effective-ness. Results: Results indicated no significant differences between the groups in pre-test scores across all measurement tools. In the experimental group, post-test scores on the “Causal” subscale were significantly lower, while post-test scores on the “Emotional Neglect” subscale were significantly higher than their respective pre-test scores, suggesting a decrease in neglect behaviors (higher scores indicate lower neglect). Furthermore, post-test scores on the “Causal,” “Recognition of Emotional Maltreatment,” and “Emotional Neglect” subscales in the experimental group differed significantly from those of the control group. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the multidimensional intervention program effectively reduced parents' emo-tionally abusive causal behaviors and emotional neglect levels, while also enhancing their awareness of emotio-nal abuse. Considering the long-term impact of emotional neglect and abuse on mental health, the developed program provides a comprehensive and effective group-based model for professionals working in the field of mental health.

Keywords

• Emotional neglect
• Emotional abuse
• Intervention program

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