The Effectiveness of Adlerian Group Play Therapy-based Counseling Intervention on the Holistic Wellness of Neglected Children
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 4
Abstract
Childhood is regarded as a highly crucial developmental stage for humans, whereby it is believed to be the most appropriate time to administer important interventions for the purpose of improving the holistic wellness of individuals. Hence, the aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Adlerian Group Play Therapy in improving the holistic wellness of neglected children. The study design was quasi experimental which was performed by measuring the pre- and post-test wellness scores for the control and interventional groups. A total of 83 children between the age of 10 and 12 years were purposively selected from the children’s homes. In this case, only a total of 66 children were included as the participants of this study after the initial administration of the Five Factor Wellness Inventory – Elementary School Age version (FFWEL-E) as they managed to score less than one standard deviation which was below the mean. Meanwhile, paired random sampling was carried out to equally divide them into the control and treatment groups with 33 participants each. In addition, all participants of the treatment group were further divided into eleven small groups of three to enable the conduct of nine weekly counseling sessions in total that lasted 90 minutes each. The data of this study was evaluated using the analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings showed significant differences between the pre and post-test wellness scores of the control and treatment groups [F (1, 64) = 78.942, p < .01, ? = .00]. On top of that, the mean post-test score of the treatment group was significantly increased compared to the control group. Overall, it can be concluded that the Adlerian Group Play Therapy is suitable to be incorporated into counseling sessions involving children considering that this therapy can effectively improve the holistic wellness of neglected children.
Authors and Affiliations
Linda Jamaludin, Ku Suhaila Ku Johari, Salleh Amat, Gooh Mo Lee
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- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i4/4157
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