Research Proposal: Anxiety Disorder Causes in Young UK Children

This research proposal investigates anxiety disorder in young children within the UK context. It begins with an introduction that outlines the topic, research aims and objectives, and research questions. The literature review explores existing research on anxiety disorders in young children, highlighting potential causes such as changes in school, parental conflicts, loss, and neglect, and their negative impacts, including irritability and academic difficulties. The methodology section details the use of a quantitative research approach, positivism research philosophy, and a deductive approach. The study will employ a survey research strategy to collect primary data through questionnaires, with SPSS used for data analysis. The proposal aims to identify the causes of anxiety disorders, determine their impact, and examine methods to reduce anxiety among young children. The proposal concludes with a list of relevant references including books and journal articles.

Research proposal
(ANXIETY DISORDER IN YOUNG
CHILDREN)
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Overview of the topic..................................................................................................................3
Research aim and objective.........................................................................................................3
Research question........................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
Books and journal........................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
Overview of the topic
The present investigation is based on the topic anxiety disorder. It is a type of mental
health disorder condition. The feeling of anxiety occurs in the human due to the feeling of worry
or some fear (Hill and et. al, 2018). The condition of anxiety disorder is so strong that it impact
the daily activity of the person.
Research aim and objective
Research aim
The main aim of the current research is “To identify the causes of anxiety disorder in young
children of UK”.
Research objective
 To understand the meaning of anxiety disorder
 To identify the causes of anxiety disorder among youngsters of UK
 To determine the impact of anxiety disorder in young children of UK
 To examine the method through which anxiety disorder can be reduced among the young
children
Research question
 What is the meaning of anxiety disorder?
 What are the causes of anxiety disorder among youngsters of UK?
 What is the impact of anxiety disorder in young children of UK?
 What are the methods through which anxiety disorder can be reduced among the young
children?
LITERATURE REVIEW
As per the Lawrence, Murayama and Creswell (2019), anxiety disorder is the condition
where the mental health of the person impacts in large manner. In a youngster this types of
disorder creates strong fear among them that their daily life impacts in large manner. Some of the
cause of anxiety disorder among young children is frequently changing of school, parent’s fights,
loosing of close person, being neglected etc (Gardner, Thomas and Erskine, 2019). These all
impact the youngster in negative manner. The impact of disorder is so worse that the children
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become irritated and the level of angry rise among them. Sometime the condition of anxiety
become so serious that children even suicide. Disorder among the young child also interfere their
academic learning which impact lifelong. To reduce the worse effects of the anxiety there are
some of the methods which can be used. The foremost approach is to teach children to share each
and every problem with the parents (Weissman, 2019). This helps the parents to know whether
their child is going with any anxiety or not. Another method is encouraging child each and every
efforts as this develop a strong feeling of capability among them. One of the effects approach is
therapy. If a child develops the fear of anxiety, then parents must consult with the therapist to
reduce the feeling.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In the current research, quantitate research methodology will be used to gather numerical data for
the study. This is because with the help of numerical information a valid result will be acquired.
In the present investigation, researcher will be selecting positivism research philosophy to
understand the society in objective manner. the approach which will be selecting is deductive
approach where with the use of quantitative data research problem will be addressed effectively
(Gupta and Gupta, 2022). To gather the information from the participant’s survey research
strategy will be using by the investigator. As through this large volume of data will be gathered
in lesser time (Mukherjee, 2019). In the current researcher, researcher will be choosing primary
data collection method. This is because with the use of primary data fresh information will be
gathered. The source for collecting primary data is questionnaire and the data analysis software’s
will be SPSS (Bairagi and Munot, 2019).
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REFERENCES
Books and journal
Hill, C., and et. al, 2018. Navigating the development and dissemination of internet cognitive
behavioral therapy (iCBT) for anxiety disorders in children and young people: a
consensus statement with recommendations from the# iCBTLorentz Workshop
Group. Internet Interventions. 12. pp.1-10.
Lawrence, P.J., Murayama, K. and Creswell, C., 2019. Systematic review and meta-analysis:
anxiety and depressive disorders in offspring of parents with anxiety disorders. Journal of
the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 58(1). pp.46-60.
Gardner, M.J., Thomas, H.J. and Erskine, H.E., 2019. The association between five forms of
child maltreatment and depressive and anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-
analysis. Child abuse & neglect. 96. p.104082.
Weissman, M.M., 2019. The epidemiology of anxiety disorders: Rates, risks, and familial
patterns. Anxiety and the anxiety disorders. pp.275-296.
Gupta, B.N. and Gupta, N., 2022. Research methodology. SBPD Publications.
Mukherjee, S.P., 2019. A guide to research methodology: An overview of research problems,
tasks and methods. CRC Press.
Bairagi, V. and Munot, M.V. eds., 2019. Research methodology: A practical and scientific
approach. CRC Press.
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