EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP PLAY THERAPY THROUGH COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL METHOD ON SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT OF CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIORAL DISORDER

摘要

Children form main part of the society and their health is so important. Paying attention to their mental health helps them to perform their social functions properly. The present study would be conducted in order to investigate effectiveness of group play therapy through cognitive- behavioral method on social adjustment of children with behavioral disorder. Statistical population of this study includes all male students with behavioral disorder in fifth and sixth grade of elementary school in Arak Iran. Among these students, 20 persons would be selected randomly for experimental group and other 20 persons would be selected through matching their demographic characteristics and placed in control group. Afterwards, group play therapy through cognitive-behavioral method would be implemented for 10 sessions every session 45min for experimental group. California Personality Questionnaire (subscale of social adjustment) would be applied as pre-test and post-test. Data analysis based on t-test for independent groups indicates that group play therapy can improve social adjustment of children with behavioral disorder. Accordingly, it would be suggested to use play therapy and similar methods for improvement of communicative functions of children.