The effectiveness of group play therapy using sand on social skills and behavioral problems of 5-9-year-old children in Tehran

Mehrnoush Golzarian pour; Atiyeh Karzehbar

doi:10.63053/ijhes.95

Authors

Mehrnoush Golzarian pour Master's student in educational psychology, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar branch, Iran.
Atiyeh Karzehbar Master's degree in Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar Branch, Iran.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63053/ijhes.95

Keywords:

Play Therapy, Sand Therapy, Social Skills, Behavioral Problems, Children

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of group play therapy using sand on children's social skills and behavioral problems. The statistical population included all children aged 5 to 9 years in Tehran in 1403, and among them 30 students were selected by available sampling according to the entry criteria and placed in two experimental and control groups. Then, at first, the subjects were measured by Babadi and Meshkani's life skills questionnaire (1389) and Shahim and Yousefi's children's behavioral problems questionnaire (1378) and after receiving group play therapy training using sand according to the protocol, the subjects again They completed the questionnaires. The research findings were analyzed by SPSS software using covariance analysis method and the results indicated the high effectiveness of group play therapy using sand on improving social skills and reducing children's behavioral problems

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