공감중심 인지행동놀이치료가 정서·행동장애 위험군 아동의 친사회적 행동 변화에 미치는 효과

The effect of empathy-based cognitive behavior play therapy on changes in prosocial behaviors of children at risk of emotional and behavioral disorders

This study was conducted to examine the effect of empathy-based cognitive behavior play therapy for improving prosociality of children at risk of emotional and behavioral disorders. This study targeted 8 children, who were commissioned to examine their emotional behavior problems at welfare centers and psychological support centers in Daegu and Gyeongbuk area and obtained a T-score of over 60(84% tile) in the internalizing and externalizing behavioral problem domain of the K-CBCL pre-evaluation. After dividing them into a research group and an experimental group, total 12 sessions of program were applied. The program was combined with Adler’s Children Training and Cognitive Behavior Play Therapy(CBPT) and reorganized to suit the age and the level of children. The study finding showed that significant differences in the pre- and post-test scores of prosocial behaviors were found between the research group and the control group and with the progress of the sessions, the research group had a constant increase in changes of the sub-domain.