zahra jahanbakhshi
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of parent-child relationship play therapy program (CPRT)on the quality of parent-child interaction and reduce aggression in preschool children. The research method in terms of data collection was semi-experimental with pre-test-post-test with control ...
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The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of parent-child relationship play therapy program (CPRT)on the quality of parent-child interaction and reduce aggression in preschool children. The research method in terms of data collection was semi-experimental with pre-test-post-test with control group. The study population included all preschool children and their mothers in 2019-2020 in Gonbad-e Qabus city. 50 preschool children were selected through cluster sampling method from 3 preschool centers and the main sample of the study included 20 mother-child couples who obtained higher scores than the cut score in the aggression questionnaire of a preschool children of Vahedi (2008) and scale the parent-child relationship of Pianta (1994) was completed and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The content of the sessions is the parent-child play therapy training package based on the Landreth model which was performed in 10 sessions in 2 hour for the experimental group. To analysis the data, a covariance analysis test was used. The results showed that the parent- child relationship play therapy program was significantly (p < 0/05) improved the quality of parent-child interaction and significantly reduced overall aggression (p < 0/01). Due to the significant difference between the experimental and control groups, parent-child relationship play therapy can be used as an effective treatment method to improve parent-child interaction and reduce children’s aggression.
