At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan, raging across the countryquickly afterwards. As a sudden public health emergency, this epidemic caused some stressreactions (including emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reactions) in children. Thesestress responses, in moderation, may be beneficial as a response to the challenge.However, excessive, and inappropriate stress responses may damage children's mentalhealth, immune function, and daily function.School-based CBT intervention is effective in alleviating children and adolescentanxiety. However, the effect last only shortly. Therefore, adding a new interventioncomponent is necessary. Guided Narrative Technique (GNT) is an intervention focusing onnarrative coherence and emotional expression. It has writing and drawing versions. Thewriting version was developed from Expressive Writing and has a significant effect on theimprovement of various negative emotions and negative cognitions of traumatizedindividuals.In this study, a randomized controlled experiment will be implemented. All participantswill take a CBT course first. Then, they will be asked to write or draw about theepidemic or other life events using GNT. The study will explore the impact of CBT coursecombined with GNT on negative emotions and cognition of children after such a publiccrisis.
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Behavioral: School-based CBT intervention
School-based CBT intervention: a 3-day, 40-minute per day cognitive behavioral
intervention. The intervention will take place in a school classroom in a format similar
to offline classroom lectures and classroom interactions. The intervention will lead by
one undergraduate student from the School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and one
first-year doctoral student with training in clinical psychology. The content of the
intervention was based on the theory of cognitive behavioral therapy for children, with a
complete self-developed intervention manual, and three interventions targeting emotional
awareness and management, thought recognition, and problem coping, respectively.
Behavioral: Guided Narrative Technique (GNT) Writing
Guided Narrative Technique (GNT) Writing : GNT writing is an intervention through
writing. It will be conducted once a day for 20-30 minutes for three days. Subjects will
be asked to complete Guided Narrative Writing at a set time each day for three
consecutive days, under the guidance and supervision of a school teacher, following
guidelines.
Behavioral: Guided Narrative Technique (GNT) drawing
Guided Narrative Technique (GNT) Drawing: GNT drawing is an intervention through drawing.
It will be conducted once a day for 20-30 minutes for three days. Subjects will be asked
to complete Guided Narrative Drawing at a set time each day for three consecutive days,
under the guidance and supervision of a school teacher, following guidelines.
Inclusion Criteria:
- have the ability to read and write in Chinese
Exclusion Criteria:
- no parental consent
Peking University
Beijing 1816670, China
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