보육놀이치료가 유아의 또래유능성과 정서지능에 미치는 효과

The Effect of Childcare Center Based Play Therapy on Children’s Peer Competence and Emotional Intelligence

This study attempted to reveal the effect of childcare center based play therapy on children's peer competence and emotional intelligence. To this end, play therapy was performed at a childcare center for 9 children in the experimental group. Nine infants in the control group were not treated. Before implementing the program, the Mann Whitney test was conducted to measure the homogeneity of the experimental group and the control group. The Wilcoxon test was performed to measure the pre-post change. The research results are as follows. First, there was a significant positive change in peer competence of children in the experimental group after play therapy in childcare centers. Second, there was a positive change in the emotional intelligence of children in the experimental group after play therapy in childcare centers. In the case of the control group, there was no significant change in both areas. This study is meaningful in that it provided early intervention for social development in a space closely related to children’s daily lives.