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Effects of Adlerian Play Therapy on Children's Externalizing Behavior
Author(s) -
MeanyWalen Kristin K.,
Kottman Terry,
Bullis Quinn,
Dillman Taylor Dalenna
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12040
Subject(s) - adlerian , intervention (counseling) , play therapy , developmental psychology , psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry
Without intervention, children's externalizing behaviors tend to worsen over time and increase the risk that they will experience future problems. The authors used a single‐case research design with 6 Caucasian boys in kindergarten and 1st grade to measure the effectiveness of Adlerian play therapy on children's classroom behaviors. The results revealed an improvement in the children's behavior during and after the intervention, suggesting that Adlerian play therapy is a promising intervention for children's externalizing classroom behaviors.