Differences in some mental disorders For children with cancer and normal patients

Megahed, Khaled Mohamed Elsaied; Ashry, Mahmoud Mohie Eldein Saeed; Ebraheem, Mohamed Mohamed Elaraby; Kamel, Ahmed Abd Eltawab

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2022.301921

Differences in some mental disorders For children with cancer and normal patients

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ قسم الصحة النفسية، كلية التربية بنين بالقاهرة، جامعة الأزهر، مصر

² قسم التربية الفنية، كلية التربية بنين بالقاهرة، جامعة الأزهر، مصر

10.21608/jsrep.2022.301921

Abstract

The current research aimed to determine the differences in some psychological disorders (communication disorder , low-self esteem , Depressing symptoms, (concern of death) among the children of cancer patients and normal children, the sample of research was(80) children(50) of them were children cancer patients, and 30 of them were non cancer patients at the Dar Elsalam hospital for cancer in Cairo, their ages were from (9:12) their average age is “11.05” and a standard deviation 0.981 the standards of the communication disorder, low-self esteem , the standard of the depressing symptoms and the standard of concern of death were used and prepared by the researchers. The results showed that there are statistical differences’0.01” between the medium grades of the children of cancer patients and the normal , on the standard of the communication disorder , on the standard of the depressed symptoms for the children of cancer patients , on the standard of the low-self esteem for the children of cancer patients . The results showed that there were statistical differences between the medium grades of the children of cancer patients and the normal. , on the standard of concern of death for the children of cancer patients. . The results of the research assured that there are no statistical differences between the medium grades of the children of cancer patients the males and females on the standard of the psychological disorders.

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