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Rennie, Robyn Lynette, A Comparison Study of Individual and Group Play
Therapy In Treating Kindergarten Children With Adjustment Problems, Doctor of
Philosophy (Counseling & Student Services), May 2000, 102 pp., 49 tables, references,
87 titles.
This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of individual child-
centered play therapy in the elementary school in: 1) enhancing the self-concept of
kindergarten children who are experiencing adjustment difficulties; 2) decreasing the
overall behavioral problems of kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties
3) decreasing externalizing behavior problems such as aggression and delinquency of
kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties; 4) decreasing the internalizing
behavior problems such as withdrawal, somatic complaints, anxiety and depression of
kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties; 5) increasing parental
perception of change in the problematic behaviors of kindergarten children experiencing
adjustment difficulties; and 6) enhancing self-control in kindergarten children
experiencing adjustment difficulties. A secondary objective was to compare the
participants involved in individual child-centered play therapy with participants in a
previous study who were involved in child-centered group play therapy on the above
named dimensions.
The experimental group, consisting of 14 kindergarten children experiencing
adjustment difficulties, received 10-12, 30-minute individual play therapy sessions in a 12
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Rennie, Robyn Lynette. A Comparison Study of Individual and Group Play Therapy In Treating Kindergarten Children with Adjustment Problems, dissertation, May 2000; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2504/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .