Comparative study on the characteristics of initial sandplay in college students with high and low gregarious personality
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2013.03.022
- VernacularTitle:高低乐群性人格大学生初始沙盘特征比较
- Author:
Jianfeng TAN
;
Yaoqi CHEN
;
Jielin YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sandplay;
Initial sandplay;
Gregarious;
Personality assessment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2013;(3):259-262
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To compare the characteristics in initial sandplay of college students with high and low gregarious personality,to validate the psychological assessment function of the initial sandplay.Methods Used the 16-PF as the tool to selected the 56 students as the high gregarious group,and 36 students as the low gregarious group.Results On selection of toys,the proportions of high gregarious group were significantly higher than those in low gregarious group in total numbers,plants and daily necessities ((27.77 ± 11.01)vs (20.94 ± 8.76),(7.30 ±6.43)vs(3.25 ±2.85),(3.66 ±2.86)vs(2.25 ±2.57)),and significantly lower in religion toys (0.30 ± 0.47) vs (0.86 ± 1.09).On operation process,the proportion of starting with toys in high gregarious group was significantly higher than that in low gregarious group (94.6% vs 25%).Their attitudes towards sand were random touch(28.6% vs 5.6%) and indifference(62.5% vs 41.7%).They used more grass(55.4% vs 27.8%),more real characters(83.9% vs 50%),fewer virtual characters(55.4% vs 83.3%) and more dynamic changes in creation(14.3% vs 0%),more applied by the social scene (39.3% vs 0%).On the theme of sandplay,the high gregarious group was fewer appear by the empty,neglect,injury ((3.6% vs 19.4%),(0% vs 8.3%),(0% vs 8.3%) respectively,P < 0.05).Conclusion The results show that the high and low gregarious personality have significantly characteristics in initial sandplay.Sandplay is valuable to be a personality assessment tool.