چکیده:
Emotional-behavioral problems are common in preschool-children and might have some destructive effects on them as well as others. Sand tray therapy is an effective technique that encourages children to express their thoughts, feelings, and conflicts through symbolic expression and story. In this technique a person has an opportunity to resolve conflicts, remove obstacles, and gain acceptance of self. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of sand tray therapy on reducing emotional-behavioural problems among preschool children. A randomized controlled trial method was applied in this research. The statistical population consisted of preschool children who suffered from behavioural-emotional problems in Tehran in 2016. Three centers were randomly selected from preschool centers in Tehran. The scale of Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) was completed by parents. 24 children whose scores placed between the boundary range of 65
خلاصه ماشینی:
Effectiveness of Sand Tray Therapy on Emotional- Behavioral Problems in Preschool Children Seyedeh Narges Abdollahi Keivani, M.
The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of sand tray therapy on reducing emotional-behavioural problems among preschool children.
The results showed that sand tray therapy could reduce anxiety/depression and social problems (in the area of emotional problems) and aggression (in the area of the behavioral problem) in preschool children significantly.
According to the results, it is recommended that child psychologists apply the sand tray therapy for reduction some of emotional-behavioural problems such as anxiety, depression, and social problems in preschool children .
In STT a person creates the scenes, as a reflection of his/her own life, and the opportunity to resolve conflicts, remove obstacles, and gain acceptance of self (Landreth, Ray Bratton,2009; Bertenthal-Smith, 2015; Linzmayer Halpenny, 2013; Homeyer Sweeney, 2016).
The researchers have shown that STT can reduce aggression and hyperactivity (Kahrizi, Moradi Momeni, 2015), improving the self-esteem and attachment relations as well as emotional intelligence in pre-elementary students (Yang, 2014 , Yoo 2015) and heal the effects of trauma and grief (Webber Mascaria, 2008), and behavioral problems (Yang 2014).
But the effect of STT on all areas of emotional-behaviors problems not researched yet.
In this research the effects of SST on internalized disorder (such as attention and thinking problems, anxiety, depression, withdrawal/isolation and physical complaints) and the behavioral problems (such as disobedience/defiance, aggression, hyperactivity/ arousal, and social problems) were taken into account.
Therefore, in this research, we aimed to see whether sand tray therapy can reduce the emotional-behavioral problems of preschool children.