International Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry
Year : 2014, Volume : 2, Issue : 1
First page : ( 108) Last page : ( 112)
Online ISSN : 2320-6233.
Article DOI : 10.5958/j.2320-6233.2.1.017

Comparing the Level of Solitary and Ostracize Worry between Orphanage Children and Non-orphanage Children According to Children's Apperception Test

Asgariparvar Mina, M.A in Clinical Psychology, Ghasemian Daryoush, Clinical Psychologist, Ebrahimi Sedigheh

Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran

Online published on 3 April, 2014.

Abstract

The goal of this research is to compare the level of solitary and ostracize worry between orphanage children and non-orphanage children according to children's apperception test. This is a causal-comparative study and the population consist the whole boys and girls students aged 7 to 10 years, that have been chosen from two schools and all the children (boys and girls) who lived at least one year at a boarding orphanage centre in Tehran. The sample includes 50 children between the age of 7–10, that 23 of them were in orphanage group and 27 child's in non-orphanage group. The research is based on children apperception test. Statistics analysis has been done based on Chi-square and the results show that (P >0/05) frequency of solitary worry in orphanage children is more than regular children, but the frequency of ostracize worry, in regular children is more.

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Keywords

Children's apperception test, Non-orphanage children, Orphanage children, Solitary worry and Ostracize worry.

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