This study aimed to determine the efficacy of narrative group therapy in reducing depression and anxiety among children with imprisoned parents. The study design was a randomised clinical trial with an experimental group, and waiting list group as the control group. Eighty-five children with imprisoned parents were selected by convenience sampling method. They were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received the narrative group therapy while the control group did not. The research measurement instrument comprised the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS). Analysis of univariate covariance (ANCOVA) and independent t-test was employed to test the study hypothesis. The findings showed that depression and anxiety reduced among children with imprisoned parents with a high effect size (anxiety = 0.90 and depression = 3.05). Thus, the principle and techniques of narrative therapy and the benefits of group therapy reduced depression and anxiety among children with imprisoned parents. Therefore, this study showed that this intervention can be useful for children with imprisoned parents.

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父母被监禁儿童的抑郁和焦虑叙事治疗：一项随机先导疗效试验

这项研究旨在确定叙事团体疗法在减少父母被监禁儿童的抑郁和焦虑中的功效。研究设计是一项随机的临床试验，以一个实验组和一个等待组为对照组。通过便利抽样方法选择了八十五名父母被监禁的儿童。他们被随机分为实验组和对照组。实验组接受叙述组治疗，而对照组则没有。研究测量工具包括儿童抑郁量表（CDI）和修订后的儿童明显焦虑量表（RCMAS）。采用单变量协方差分析（ANCOVA）和独立t检验来检验研究假设。研究结果表明，在父母被监禁的儿童中，抑郁和焦虑的程度有所降低（焦虑= 0.90，抑郁= 3.05）。因此，叙事治疗的原理和技术以及集体治疗的好处减少了父母被监禁儿童的抑郁和焦虑。因此，这项研究表明，这种干预对父母被监禁的孩子可能是有用的。