Individual and Group Child-Centered Play Therapy: Impact on Social-Emotional Competencies
Date
2019-06-13
Authors
Blalock, Sarah
Lindo, Natalya
Ray, Dee
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Publisher
Wiley
Abstract
The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial study with 56 elementary school children to test the effectiveness of 16 sessions of individual and group child-centered play therapy (CCPT) in improving social-emotional assets, including self-regulation/responsibility, social competence, and empathy. Parent reports indicated that treatment in both CCPT conditions was correlated with substantial gains in overall social-emotional assets and in the constructs of self-regulation/responsibility and social competence.
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Keywords
child-centered play therapy, group play therapy, empathy, self-regulation, social competence, Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
Citation
Blalock, S. M., Lindo, N., & Ray, D. (2019). Individual and group child-centered play therapy: Impact on social-emotional competencies. Journal of Counseling and Development, 97(3), pp. 238-249.