Ezzatollah Ghadampour; Afsaneh Shahbazirad; Fereshteh Mohammmadi; Montazer Abbasi
Volume 11, Issue 38 , January 2016, , Pages 1-15
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 ...
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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.
Zahra Koumijani (MA); Janet HashemiAzar (PhD)
Volume 5, Issue 15 , January 2010, , Pages 20-34
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of play therapy on decreasing behavioral disorders of physically- emotionally abused students of 9 -12 years old inTehran city. From the population, of all the physically- emotionally abused students inhabiting supportive institutes of ...
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The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of play therapy on decreasing behavioral disorders of physically- emotionally abused students of 9 -12 years old inTehran city. From the population, of all the physically- emotionally abused students inhabiting supportive institutes of Tehran , an available sample of 24 people were selectedand assigned into two groups of experiment (n=12) and control (n=12). The experiment group had10, 45 minute sessions of play therapy twice a week with 5 individual sessions and 5 group sessions. After finishing play therapy program, both groups were given post-test. Data collecting instrument used here was Achenbach Children Behavioral Check List (CBCL). Since we lack the assumption of having a normal distribution, we analyzed data using non-parametric test of Umann-whitney. Findings demonstrated that play therapy decreases the degree of anxiety/depression in physically-emotionally abused students but it doesn’t decrease the degree of behavioral disorders,aggression, withdrawn, depression, and attention problem in physically-emotionally abused students. Although play therapy was effective within groups and has decreased the degree of these disorders, it was not however significantly effective enough to statistically differentiate the groups.
