Impact of counseling and reinforcement by school teachers on behavior change in children: A one ‑year follow‑up study
نویسندگان
1 Research Officer, National Oral Health Program, Center for Dental Education and Research, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
2 Independent Researcher
3 Independent Researcher
4 Independent Researcher
5 Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
6 Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION: School teachers play an important role in instilling positive behavior changesamong school children. School children at an early age group of 2–7 years face challenges and needextra support. Utilization of psychological interventions via school teachers for oral health promotionis minimal. The present study was done to determine the impact of counseling and reinforcement byschool teachers on children for a follow‑up period of 1 year.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A quantitative research on 58 randomly selected children for afollow‑up of one year was conducted to determine the prevalence of preoperational characteristicsin school children. The tools to determine characters in preoperational children consisted of classicalcognitive experiments followed by behavior counseling intervention. The interventional group receivedreinforcement with school teachers for a follow‑up of one year.RESULTS: The assessment of the three characteristics revealed a prevalence of ego centralism,centration, and lack of conservation and reversibility in 84.4%, 89.6%, and 89.6% children,respectively. A significant difference in behavior change was seen in children who received behaviorcounseling and reinforcement.CONCLUSION: The present study concluded that Piaget’s characteristics were consistent for afollow‑up period of one year.
