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The Effect of Structured Therapeutic Play Program on Aggression, Social Emotional Well-Being and Psychological Resilience in Preschool Children
Sponsor: Cumhuriyet University
Summary
The aim of this study was to reduce the aggression levels of preschool children and to improve their social emotional well-being and psychological resilience through a structured therapeutic play program. The study was conducted as a randomised experimental research with pretest-posttest control group. The total sample consisted of 68 children, 34 in the intervention group and 34 in the control group. Data were collected with an information form, the Aggression Orientation Scale for Children and the Social Emotional Well-Being and Psychological Resilience Scale for Preschool Children. The intervention group participated in seven structured therapeutic play program group sessions.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
3 Years - 6 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
68
Start Date
2023-10-20
Completion Date
2024-05-30
Last Updated
2026-10-21
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Structured Play Activity in Preschool Children
2.1.Study Design: The study is a randomised experimental quantitative study with a pre-test-post-test control group. 2.2.Participants and settings This study was conducted in a kindergarten selected by lottery among the kindergartens in a province in the east of Turkey. The study population consisted of a total of 202 children enrolled in the kindergarten. The sample size was calculated in G\*Power 3.1.9.2 analysis program (Faul et al., 2007). Since there were no studies on these variables on the subject, taking into account the effect size of 0.80 in Cohen's effect size classification (Keskin 2020), the sample of the study was determined as a total of 68 children, 34 intervention group and 34 control group, with 90% power and 5% margin of error. 2.3.Randomization In order to reduce selection bias and control variables that may have an effect on the outcome variables, the experimental and control groups were assigned by a statistician other than the researchers by simple randomisation
Locations (1)
İsmail Isık Kindergarten
Sıvas, Sivas, Turkey (Türkiye)