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جمعه 20 تیر 1404
چکیده: (685 مشاهده)
Objective: A number of documented studies have found that play therapy is an appropriate therapeutic method for helping children change their thoughts and behaviors. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral play therapy (CBPT) on internalizing problems for 8–10-year-old children.
Methods: In a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group, the sample consisted of 391 students, selected using cluster sampling method and measured by the Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL), Multidimensional Anxiety Scale (MASC) and Child Depression Inventory (CDI). Among 153 students whose scores were T≥63 in CBCL, ≥60 in MASC and ≥18 in CDI, 42 individuals diagnosed as having internalizing disorders through the psychiatric interview and assigned randomly and equally to the experimental and control group. The experimental group attended 14 therapeutic sessions (once a week; 45 minutes each session) and received CBPT but the control group did not. After the last session, all participants were assessed by the CBCL, MASC and CDI again. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).
Results: The findings showed that the internalizing behavior problems of the experimental group reduced after attending CBPT sessions. According to eta coefficient, 40%, 69%, 69%, 72%, 55%, and 62% of the variation or internalizing behavior problems and its factors (anxiety/depression, withdrawal/depression, somatic complaint), anxiety, and depression in the experimental group is respectively due to participating CBPT.
Discussion: It can conclude that the CBPT is a useful therapeutic technique to reduce the internalizing behavior problems and its negative outcomes for academic performance in 8–10-year-old children.
Methods: In a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group, the sample consisted of 391 students, selected using cluster sampling method and measured by the Child Behavioral Checklist (CBCL), Multidimensional Anxiety Scale (MASC) and Child Depression Inventory (CDI). Among 153 students whose scores were T≥63 in CBCL, ≥60 in MASC and ≥18 in CDI, 42 individuals diagnosed as having internalizing disorders through the psychiatric interview and assigned randomly and equally to the experimental and control group. The experimental group attended 14 therapeutic sessions (once a week; 45 minutes each session) and received CBPT but the control group did not. After the last session, all participants were assessed by the CBCL, MASC and CDI again. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).
Results: The findings showed that the internalizing behavior problems of the experimental group reduced after attending CBPT sessions. According to eta coefficient, 40%, 69%, 69%, 72%, 55%, and 62% of the variation or internalizing behavior problems and its factors (anxiety/depression, withdrawal/depression, somatic complaint), anxiety, and depression in the experimental group is respectively due to participating CBPT.
Discussion: It can conclude that the CBPT is a useful therapeutic technique to reduce the internalizing behavior problems and its negative outcomes for academic performance in 8–10-year-old children.
