Narges Rahmani - health psychology student, Torbat-e-jam branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e-jam, Iran

Introduction : anxiety disorders of children and adolescents and anxiety sensitivity in parents cause many functional disorders . the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of family planning on reducing anxiety sensitivity of parents and reducing anxiety disorder in children and adolescents .the research method was semi - experimental with pre - test and post - test with control group . in this study , two groups of children and adolescents were randomly divided into two groups : experimental and control groups ( n = 30 ) in two groups of experimental and control groups ( n = 30 ) . after the implementation of the personal intervention program in eight sessions on the experimental group , both groups were assessed by means of measurement tools .Results : the scores of parents anxiety sensitivity and anxiety disorder in both pre - test and post - test groups in both experimental and control groups showed that there was no significant difference between the mean scores in both groups . but in post - test , the mean scores in the experimental group were decreased compared to the control group . also , by controlling the pre - test scores , the effect of instruction on the post - test scores of anxiety sensitivity of parents is significant ( p < 0.0001 ) . also , there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the mean scores of children and adolescents separation anxiety disorder in post - test ( p < 0.0001 ) .Conclusion : family planning is effective in reducing anxiety sensitivity and anxiety disorder in children and adolescents .

separation anxiety , anxiety sensitivity , adaptive family A quarter of the world population