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Child‐Centered Play Therapy: Aggression, Empathy, and Self‐Regulation
Author(s) -
Wilson Brittany J.,
Ray Dee
Publication year - 2018
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.12222
Subject(s) - empathy , aggression , psychology , clinical psychology , randomized controlled trial , developmental psychology , treatment and control groups , play therapy , psychotherapist , medicine , psychiatry
The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial to investigate differences among 36 elementary school age children who received 16 sessions of child‐centered play therapy and 35 children who were assigned to a waitlist control group. Pre‐ and postassessments were used to measure children's levels of aggression, self‐regulation, and empathy per parent and teacher report. Results revealed statistically significant positive results for parents and nonstatistically significant results for teachers. Implications and future research are examined.