Study of children′s school phobia and its self-consciousness by sandplay therapy combined with family counseling

VernacularTitle:沙盘游戏结合家庭辅导对儿童学校恐惧症及其自我意识的研究
Author: Jun LIU ; Cheng SU ; Fei WEN ; Wentao WU ; Ziying TANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Children′s self-consciousness; School phobia; Sandplay; Therapy
From: The Journal of Practical Medicine 2014;(11):1772-1774
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the effectiveness of sandplay therapy combined with family counseling in children with school phobia and its influence of child′ self-consciousness. Methods Integrative sandplay therary with family consulting were used to treat 28 patients with school phobia regularly for 2 months. Sandplay and family consulting therapy were given once a week for 45 minutes . Clinical outcomes were assessed using CGI-GI and Piers-Harris children′s self-consciousness scale before and after treatment as well as 3 months posttreatment. Results Overall response rate was 85%. In addition, the physical appearance and characteristic factor before and after treatment were no significant difference (P>0.05). The rest of the various factors and total score compared with pre-treatment significantly improved (P<0.05). After treatment for 3 months, every factor in self-consciousness of children and total score were no significant difference (P>0.05). Conclusion Integrative sandplay therapy with family counseling has better and long-lasting treatment effect to self-consciousness of children with school refusal.