Anticipating emotional and behavioral disorders in children with epilepsy based on family communication processes and parental optimism

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The aim of this study is to predict the emotional behavioral disorders in children with epilepsy on family communication processes and optimism of their parents was to study the correlation and regression design was used to study the relationship between variables. The population consisted of parents and children with epilepsy hospital in 2015 are useful. To select a sample of children with epilepsy and their parents from random sampling method was used and the sample size was 250. Research tools optimistic nature scale, YOUTH behavioral and emotional problems scale, self-report scale of family communication process (SFPS). In order to analyze the hypothesis multiple regression were used. The results showed that the level of significance (0/01) between parent communication process in scale with conduct problems, inattention, hyperactivity, anxiety and depression and function of social adaptation of children's shy and there is a significant negative correlation and significance level (0/05) communication between the parents and there was no physical complaints. Regression analysis also shows that 45/9 percent of the variance in behavioral problems, emotional regression by family processes and optimism parents and 20/3 percent of the variance in emotional and behavioral disorders can be explained by the scales of the family.

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