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person of the child with emphasis on "facilitating the
child's efforts to become more adequate, as a person, in
coping with current and future problems which may impact
the child's life" (Landreth, 1991, p. 80). Humanistic forms
of play therapy are aimed at helping the child tap into his
or her own internal resources for solving problems and
effectively resolving issues in life. All changes that are
taking place within the child may not immediately manifest
themselves in observable behaviors. However, in the long-
run, it is possible that such changes may become
significant.
Despite some discrepancies between parent and
therapist and statistical findings, improvement was
demonstrated on all dimensions of the CBCL, with
significant improvement on the experimental group's
internalizing behavior problems.
Parenting Stress
The results of the analysis of parenting stress
approached statistical significance at p = .07
(experimental gain mean = 36.385; control gain mean =
5.385), meaning parents of experimental group children
perceived their role as parents to be considerably less
stressful than did control group parents after the76
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Brandt, Marielle Aloyse. An Investigation of the Efficacy of Play Therapy with Young Children, dissertation, May 1999; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2184/m1/83/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .