Effectiveness of Filial Therapy Training on Anxiety of Coronavirus in Children:Validation of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale Child Form (CVF-C)

Considering the spread of coronavirus and its effects, present study consists of two parts; in the first part, validity and reliability of Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in children were evaluated and in the second part, the effectiveness of filial-therapy training on anxiety in children was evaluated. In first part, 151 children were selected by available-sampling method and responded to scale expressions. To evaluate validity, correlation of items with total score and confirmatory-factor analysis and to evaluate reliability, Cronbach'salpha were used. In second part of study, from all mothers with children aged 9 to 12 with severe anxiety of coronavirus, 22 were selected by purposive-sampling and randomly were divided in experimental and control groups. Univariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze data. Results of first part showed Coronavirus Anxiety Scale of Children consists of a psychological factor and scale has good validity and reliability (P <0.01). Cronbach'salpha for the entire questionnaire was estimated 0.88. Results of second part showed filial-therapy had a significant effect on coronavirus anxiety in children (P <0.01). According to findings, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, pediatric version has desirable psychometric properties and filial-therapy can be used as a beneficial treatment to reduce coronavirus anxiety in children.