Play Profile Constructions: An Empirical Assessment of Children’s Play in Psychodynamic Play Therapy

dc.authorscopusid55929397700
dc.contributor.authorHalfon, S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:16:59Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:16:59Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractPlay assessment can be used therapeutically to determine whether and how play would be an appropriate intervention mode for children with clinical diagnoses, and to track their therapeutic progress. However, detailed and standardized play protocols that can catalogue children’s play behaviors in psychodynamic therapy are not widely available. The aim of this study was to empirically construct profiles of play using items selected from the Children’s Play Therapy Instrument (CPTI), reflecting the complex play patterns of children with mental health difficulties. These constructed play profiles integrate quantitative items associated with cognitive, affective, social qualities of play, as well as children’s coping strategies. The initial session of 62 children in psychodynamic play therapy was recorded, transcribed and coded using the CPTI, and children’s play profiles were computed. The reliability of the play profiles, and their preliminary associations with children’s symptomatic and behavioral functioning were tested. Results showed that the play profiles showed good inter-rater reliability, internal consistency and their associations were in expected directions with the majority of the criterion measures. Given the limitations of the current empirical play measures in clinical settings, the preliminary validation provided in this study of the play profiles add a significant contribution to existing literature. © 2017 JICAP Foundation, Inc.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15289168.2017.1312875
dc.identifier.endpage233en_US
dc.identifier.issn1528-9168
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85026733405en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage219en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15289168.2017.1312875
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/6351
dc.identifier.volume16en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.titlePlay Profile Constructions: An Empirical Assessment of Children’s Play in Psychodynamic Play Therapyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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