Study of prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder among Fifth the grade pupils and the effectiveness of inner and outer self statement on its treatment

generalized anxiety disorder is one of the esential disorders among children. the maim aims of the present research was the study of prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder among fifth grade pupils and the effectivenes of inner and outer self statement on its reduction. Thus 2000 (1000 girls and 1000 boys) were selected and to responed to The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED). Results revealed that the prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder in girls and boys respectively is 11/08% and 9/4% that significantly is higher in girls(p<0/05). 96 persons with generalized anxiety disorder randomly were selected and grouped in two experimental(with inner and outer self statement) and one control groups. Raw data analyzed with independent t test, one way and two ways analysis of variance. Results suggest that teaching of outer self statement is significantly more effective than inner self statement (p<0/05) and both two experimental groups were more effective than control one. There was not any difference on gender and interaction between groups and gender.