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Chau & Landreth, 1997; Costas & Landreth, 1997; Glass, 1986; Glover & Landreth,
2000, Jang, 2000, Kale & Landreth, 1997; Lee, 2002; Yeun, 1997), which showed
statistically significant increases in empathy levels. A possible explanation for the lack of
significant increases in empathy for the intensive group is that learning to express
empathy is a difficult skill to master for parents as well as beginning play therapists so it
was difficult for the intensive group to assimilate the information and improve enough to
reach statistical significance in only four weeks. The traditional LFTT group had the
advantage of continued practice in order to master this skill and thus demonstrate
significant change.
Fox, Platz, and Bentley (1995) looked at how parenting behaviors related to
parenting practices, developmental expectations, and perceptions of child behavior
problems and found an inverse relationship between perceived child behavior problems
and empathic parental responses. They also reported a greater utilization of corporal
punishment associated with higher developmental expectations. This was supported by
the comments from participants of this study. Several parents were surprised to hear of
the feelings and fears that are expected at various ages. Insufficient knowledge of
children's emotional/social development can lead to unrealistic expectations of children.
As parents began to be more empathic in their understanding of their children, they were
able to respond to the child where he or she was instead of being frustrated with them. As
parents demonstrated greater empathy with their children, they also reported that they no
longer felt that misbehavior in their child was an affront to themselves as parents and
began to look for other reasons for the behavior.75
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Ferrell, Lisa G. The Effects of an Intensive Format of the Landreth Filial Therapy Training Model Compared to the Traditional Landreth Filial Therapy Model, dissertation, December 2003; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4424/m1/82/: accessed May 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .