The Effect of Group Play Therapy on Reduction of Separation Anxiety Disorder in Primitive School Children

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• 作者：Mehrangiz SHoaakazemi^a ; ^{M_shkazemi@yahoo.com} ; Mehravar Momeni Javid^b ; Fariba Ebrahimi Tazekand^c ; Zahra Shamloo Rad^d ; Nayereh Gholami^e
• 关键词：group play therapy ; separation anxiety disorder ; children
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：24 December, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：69
• 期：Complete
• 页码：95-103
• 全文大小：141 K

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It is normal to be anxious in certain circumstances but the Anxiety disorders are when children are anxious when there is no reason to be fearful. The occurrence of childhood separation anxiety disorder puts the individual at increased risk of developing some other kind of psychological problem in adulthood. Play therapy is a good way to engage children in the therapeutic process. It provides a multiple intelligences perspective and may meet the specific needs of children more effectively than the traditional ¡®talking¡¯ therapies. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of group play therapy on separation anxiety disorder in 7-9 years old children in Tehran. Sampling was purposeful in which 20 children, who were diagnosed as separation anxiety disorder, were selected, and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (10 subjects each). Experimental group received 9 sessions of group play therapy once a week Tools were: 1) The Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices Test. A test of non-verbal intelligence for young children with36 matrix designs. 2) The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) with 44 questions and 6 subscale variance &covariance analysis were used for data analysis. The results of covariance analysis showed the significant effect of group play therapy on reduction of separation anxiety disorder in children in post test and follow up stage. (p<0.05).