Effectiveness Of Group Activity Play Therapy On Internalizing And Externalizing Behavior Problems Of Preadolescent Orphans In Uganda

摘要: This pilot study investigated the impact of group activity play therapy (GAPT) on displaced orphans aged 10 to 12 years living in a large children.s village Uganda. Teachers and housemothers identified 60 preadolescents exhibiting clinical levels internalizing externalizing behavior problems. The participants ethnicity was African included an equal number females males. Participants were randomly assigned GAPT (n = 30) or reading mentoring (RM; n 30), which served as active control. Preadolescents both treatment groups participated average 16 sessions, twice weekly with each session lasting 50 minutes. Sessions held school located within complex. A two (group) by (repeated measures) split plot ANOVA used analyze data. According teacher reports using Teacher Report Form (TRF) housemother Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), children receiving intervention demonstrated statistically significant decreases (p < .025) behaviors (TRF: p .001; CBCL: .001 ) .006; .001) from pretest posttest compared who received RM. effect reducing orphaned childrenAEs problems ?p2= .213; ?p2 . 244) moderate .121; .217). statistical, practical, significance findings provided strong, preliminary support for developmentally culturally responsive school-based troubled Ugandan orphans.