The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on flexibility in aggressive children

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MA in educational management, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch, Roodehen, Iran

2 Ph.D. student in educational management, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Cognitive-behavioral play therapy is combination of various play therapy techniques with cognitive-behavioral model to increase desirable behaviors and reduce harmful behaviors in children. The objective of the present research is studying the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on flexibility in aggressive children.
 
Materials and Methods: In this research, 20 aggressive children aged 6-9 years of Tehran were selected based on CSI-4 inventory and divided to test and control groups. Tool of research was computer form of Wisconsin test that was executed in both groups after receiving 10 therapy sessions for test group in pre-test and post-test steps.
 
Results: The results show that cognitive-behavioral group play therapy has significant effect on decreasing wrong responses and stopping mistakes and increasing correct responses.
 
Conclusion: It seems that cognitive-behavioral group play therapy increases flexibility in aggressive children.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 19, special issue
May and June 2017
Pages 257-261

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