Study on sandtray topic features for children with behavior problems based on the grounded theory method

VernacularTitle:扎根理论方法分析行为问题儿童沙盘特征
Author: Hua CHENG ; Xiaolei ZHANG ; Gang HUANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Grounded theory method; Initial sandtray theme analysis; Children with behavior problem
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(12):1070-1072
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To analyze the sandtray topics of the children with behavior problems according to the grounded theory method.Methods Collected and described children' s sandtray topics of different types of behavior problems,age and gender.And analyzed them base on a 3 levels coding list compiling according to the ground theory method.Results The frequency of “negative theme” (3.33 ± 1.25 ) was higher than “positive theme” (0.81 ± 1.25 ) with significant difference (P＜0.01) in feature level 1.Age factor had significant effect upon the frequency of “positive theme” in feature level 1 (P ＜ 0.05 ).And also had impact on “harmony”,“ development” in features level 2 (F =3.039,P ＜ 0.05 ).Gender factor,interaction of gender and age had significant effects on frequency of “negative theme” in feature level 1 (F =5.395,P ＜ 0.05 ; F =4.222,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion The characteristics of the children' s sandtay with behavioral problems mainly are “negative theme”.And it shows different features in children with different gender or age.