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March 30, 2026SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

When a Hug Helps: Reducing Emotional Outbursts in Children with Autism

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RRRaychana Robbi RodhiyahNKNasywa Salsabila KhairunnisaMWMaulina Ratih Kusuma WardaniSebelas Maret University

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Implication

Quasi-experimental design shows hugging and body position adjustment reduced emotional outbursts in autistic children, indicating effective interventions.

Key Points

  • This research aims to examine the impact of hugging and body position adjustment on temper tantrums in children with autism.
  • Quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design
  • Five autistic children aged 7–13 selected through purposive non-random sampling
  • Data collected via temper tantrum questionnaire from parents
  • Analytical method used: Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
  • Significant decrease in posttest temper tantrum mean compared to pretest mean (p < 0.05)
  • Negative ranks exceeded positive ranks in analysis
  • Significant difference between pretest and follow-up means (p = 0.002)

Cite This Study

Rodhiyah et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c9c5c5f8fdd13afe0bde16https://doi.org/10.24042/ajp.v6i2.16562
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