Intervention Study Of Naikan Training On Psychological Health Of Elementary School Students

ObjectiveTo explore the efficacy of Naikan Training on psychological health of elementary school Students.Method227 children of 5th grader in RongYuan elementary school participated to the study.The children were divided into two groups,the study group(n=112) and the control group(n=115).11-weeks Naikan Training was given to the children of the study group, while the control group was not given any training.The data of 85 children (male 43, female 42) in the study group and 71 children(male 36, female 35)in the control group were qualified for the statistic analysis in the current study. Then the study group was divided into two groups.one group was study group a of 30 children (male 9, female 21) the other was study group b of 55 children (male 34, female 21). Childeren who practiced Naikan Training correctly and positively belonged to group a, while children who were not included in group a belonged to group b..All children were assessed with Face Sheet of Children, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Egma Minnen av Bardndosnauppforstran (EMBU), Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC), The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), Children's self-concept Scale, (PHCSS), before training.After all training all students were assessed with CBCL, EMBU, DSRSC, SCARED, PHCSS again. Database was established with Foxpro 6.0. Data was analyzed with spss16.0 for Windows statistical package.Result1. Significant decreases occurred in Withdrawn,Somatic complaints,Anxious/depressed,Social problems,Thought problems,Delinquent behavior,Aggressive behavior,Internalizing,Externalizing in CBCL in the study group a (Z=-2.003,P=0.045; Z=-3.810, P=0.000; Z=-2.405, P=0.016; Z=-2.141, P=0.032; Z=-2.752, P=0.006; Z=-2.828, P=0.005; Z=-2.881,P=0.004; Z=-3.409, P=0.001; Z=-3.342, P=0.001)。Significant decreases occurred in Somatic complaints,Social problems,Thought problems,Internalizing,Externalizing in the study group b (Z=-2.424,P=0.015; Z=-2.113,P=0.035; Z=-3.736, P=0.000; Z=-2.057, P=0.040; Z=-2.015, P=0.044)2. Significant increases occurred in the mother warm affection factor score in EMBU in the study group a (t=-2.214,P=0.035). No significant change occurred in EMBU in the study group b (P>0.05)3. A significant decrease occurred in total score of DSRSC in the study group a(t=-2.214, P=0.023).No significant change occurred in total score of SCARED and DSRSC in the study group b (P>0.05) 4. No change occurred in total score of PHCSS in the study group a (P>0.05). A significant decrease occurred in physical appearance in PHCSS in the study group b (t=3.358, P=0.001)Conclusions1. Naikan Training conspicuously decrease the level of"Delinquent behavior,Aggressive behavior,Internalizing, Externalizing" (P<0.01) among primary school children if they participate precisely and positively.2. Naikan Training decrease the level of "Withdrawn, Social problems" (P<0.05) of primary school children if they participate precisely and positively.3. Naikan Training increase the level of "the mother warm affection factor score" (P<0.05) of primary school children if they participate precisely and positively.