Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Ezzatollah Ghadampour ¹
• Afsaneh Shahbazirad ²
• Fereshteh Mohammmadi ³
• Montazer Abbasi ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Letters, ‎University of Lorestan, Khorramabad

² Ph.D. Student of Psychology, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad

³ M.A in Psychology, Razi University of Kermanshah, Kermanshah, Iran.‎

Abstract

Behavioral disorder in childhood is a very important topic that can underlie the disorders in Adulthood. The present study aim to study the effectiveness of non-directive play therapy in reduction behavioral disorders in preschool children. The study was a semi-experimental design with pre-posttest design with control group. The study sample was all preschool children with behavioral disorders in Kermanshah, that with available sampling method 20 children with behavioral disorders were selected by using a questionnaire of behavioral disorders of preschool children of Shahim & Yousefi (1999). And randomly into two groups: experimental (n=10) and control (n=10) were replaced. 8 sessions of non-directive play therapy with Kaduson & Schaefer (2001) method was administered to experimental group, While the control group did not receive the intervention, At the end of the intervention, both groups were evaluated again by the test .The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance. The results showed that the non-directive play therapy was effective in reduction behavioral problems in preschool children(P<0/001). Therefore, It is recommended that parents, teachers and educational experts to reduction problem behaviors of children to benefit from the education and health technique, also it is suggested that therapists of pediatricians, addition to medical therapy, benefit of the play therapy interventions in reduction behavioral problems in children.

Keywords

• non- directive play therapy
• Behavioral disorders
• preschool child