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Journal of Exceptional Children Oct 1946
Topics: Humans; Play Therapy
PubMed: 20277977
DOI: 10.1177/001440294601300102 -
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity... Mar 2013Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered to be the most prevalent disorder of childhood and adolescence, and a variety of methods have been used in...
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered to be the most prevalent disorder of childhood and adolescence, and a variety of methods have been used in its diagnosis and treatment. This study was conducted to study the efficacy of play therapy on the symptoms of ADHD in children aged 7-9 years. Using a clinical trial design, we selected 30 study participants among individuals who had been referred to the Ebne-sina hospital, child and adolescent outpatient clinic, Mashhad, Iran, and who had been diagnosed with ADHD by psychiatrists. The 30 study participants were then divided into two groups, experimental and control, based on similar characteristics (Birth order, parents' educational level, parents' occupation and average of last year school marks). Pre-tests (the Rutter Parental Questionnaire and the Rutter Children Behaviour Questionnaire for teachers) were performed prior to play therapy, and all patients in both groups had been receiving medication. Following play therapy, post-tests were also conducted for both groups. Eight sessions of sham play therapy has been performed for case group. (Cognitive-behavioural play therapy has not been performed basically.) All results were evaluated using an independent t test and a comparative test. Play therapy appeared to significantly reduce the symptoms of ADHD. The significant differences found between the experimental and control groups indicate that play therapy could be used as an effective treatment method for children with ADHD.
Topics: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Child; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Play Therapy
PubMed: 23179507
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-012-0096-0 -
The Philippine Journal of Nursing 1970
Topics: Nursing; Play Therapy
PubMed: 5206221
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Health Care Education 1981
Topics: California; Child; Child, Hospitalized; Child, Preschool; Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; Humans; Play Therapy
PubMed: 10251746
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Journal of Abnormal Psychology Jul 1948
Topics: Child; Humans; Play Therapy
PubMed: 18878211
DOI: 10.1037/h0053655 -
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing Jun 2024This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group play therapy on anxiety-based school refusal and behavioral issues in elementary school boys.... (Randomized Controlled Trial)
Randomized Controlled Trial
Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group play therapy on anxiety-based school refusal and behavioral problems in elementary school boys: a preliminary randomized controlled trial.
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group play therapy on anxiety-based school refusal and behavioral issues in elementary school boys. A randomized controlled trial design (pretest-posttest with a control group) was utilized. Thirty elementary school boys with school refusal issues were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The intervention group received ten sessions of cognitive-behavioral group play therapy. The Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) questionnaire and Rutter's Children's Behavior Questionnaire were used as assessment tools. Mean scores for anxiety-based school refusal and behavioral problems in the intervention group showed a significant decrease (p < 0.001). Cognitive-behavioral group play therapy is a practical approach to reducing anxiety levels and behavior problems in children with anxiety-based school refusal in primary school grades.
Topics: Humans; Male; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Child; Anxiety; Surveys and Questionnaires; Schools; Play Therapy; Problem Behavior; Psychotherapy, Group; Students
PubMed: 38789222
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2024.03.019 -
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric... Apr 2013Imaginary play is often a child's best way of communicating affects, fantasies, and internal states. In play children are freer to express their forbidden and conflicted...
Imaginary play is often a child's best way of communicating affects, fantasies, and internal states. In play children are freer to express their forbidden and conflicted thoughts. Consequently, one of the best ways for the therapist to enter the child's world is to do so from within the displacement of the play process. For children who cannot play, the therapist's goal is to teach the child to use play as a means of communication and to create meaning. This article present clinical examples to illustrate how the author uses play in the clinical situation.
Topics: Child; Child, Preschool; Communication; Humans; Play Therapy; Play and Playthings; Professional-Patient Relations; Psychotherapy
PubMed: 23538013
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2012.12.002 -
Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and... Jan 2019A systematic single case study with a mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology was conducted to investigate the nonlinear dynamics of change in play profiles of a...
A systematic single case study with a mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology was conducted to investigate the nonlinear dynamics of change in play profiles of a child in psychodynamic play therapy. The first aim of the study was to cluster the different features of play characteristics (i.e., descriptive, cognitive, affective, and social characteristics of play, and the defensive strategies used in play) in order to construct the different play profiles of this child, and secondly to assess the transitions between profiles over the course of treatment. It was expected that there would be an increase in critical fluctuations during the transitions between the profiles and an increase in the variability of play profiles. Results showed that the child's play characteristics clustered into eight states and three attractors. The Markov Transition Matrix showed how play profiles evolved over time. Entropy analyses comparing the first and the second half of therapy showed an increase in variability. Qualitative analyses indicated the importance of expression of the child's underlying fear, and its integration with overt anger in the generation of the new play profiles. The results indicate an increase in variability, and a destabilization of old play profiles that were used towards generating new play profiles.
Topics: Child; Humans; Nonlinear Dynamics; Play Therapy
PubMed: 30557138
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Issues in Mental Health Nursing 1981
Comparative Study
Topics: Child; Female; Humans; Male; Pediatric Nursing; Play Therapy; Psychological Theory
PubMed: 6909156
DOI: 10.3109/01612848109140861 -
The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice... 1998The Children's Play Therapy Instrument (CPTI), its development, and reliability studies are described. The CPTI is a new instrument to examine a child's play activity in...
The Children's Play Therapy Instrument (CPTI), its development, and reliability studies are described. The CPTI is a new instrument to examine a child's play activity in individual psychotherapy. Three independent raters used the CPTI to rate eight videotaped play therapy vignettes. Results were compared with the authors' consensual scores from a preliminary study. Generally good to excellent levels of interrater reliability were obtained for the independent raters on intraclass correlation coefficients for ordinal categories of the CPTI. Likewise, kappa levels were acceptable to excellent for nominal categories of the scale. The CPTI holds promise to become a reliable measure of play activity in child psychotherapy. Further research is needed to assess discriminant validity of the CPTI for use as a diagnostic tool and as a measure of process and outcome.
Topics: Affect; Analysis of Variance; Child; Child Behavior; Child Development; Cognition; Humans; Observation; Observer Variation; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Play Therapy; Psychoanalytic Interpretation; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Videotape Recording
PubMed: 9631341
DOI: No ID Found