A Study on Research Trends in Sandplay Therapy in Korea (2009-2018)

Ahn, Soonja; Lee, Yeoreum; Lee, Sehwa; Jang, Mikyung

doi:10.12964/jsst.20002

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“…Sandplay therapy is an effective method to improve college students' unhealthy mental states, such as interpersonal maladjustment, anxiety, and attention deficits. Group sandplay therapy takes the group as the activity unit, and sandplay therapy in the group situation can promote interpersonal interaction, which has been proved to be effective [ 15 ]. Students in vocational colleges are in adolescence, and their physiological development has been basically mature, but their psychology is still immature, their ideas are also in the social survival of the fittest, and fair competition is constantly being tempered and tempered [ 16 ].…”

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Application of Sandplay Therapy in the Mental Health Education of Vocational College Students

Zhang

Liu

2022

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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Objective. To analyze the application and effect of sandplay therapy in higher vocational students’ mental health. Method. 350 sophomores of 2019 in a higher vocational college were randomly selected, and 72 subjects of depressed students ( SAS ≥ 50 ) were selected from 350 sophomores and randomly divided into the intervention group and the control group, each group 9, preparing one set of chamber equipment, adopting the same group before and after test experiment design. The intervention group was, respectively, given 8 individual box court game tutoring, once a week for each person. The control group did not intervene. By comparing the intervention group with the control group, the intervention effect of sandplay therapy on anxiety of experimental group members was investigated. Results. Among 350 respondents, 72 had SAS scores ≥ 50 , and the incidence of anxiety symptoms was 20.57%. Since there was only 1 case with SAS score ≥ 70 , it was incorporated into the group with SAS score ranging from 60 to 59. After treatment, SAS scores of students with mild to moderate anxiety in the intervention group decreased, and the difference was statistically significant. The difference before and after control group was not statistically significant. After sandplay therapy, the differences in SAS scores between the intervention group and the control group were found to be statistically significant for both mild and moderate anxiety. Conclusion. Sandplay therapy in the higher vocational college students’ mental health education could promote the mental health of students, and it effectively improves students’ psychological quality.

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Application of Sandplay Therapy in the Mental Health Education of Vocational College Students

Zhang

Liu

2022

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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“…This meta-analysis did not study the cognitive dimensions of treatment outcomes. Several studies assessed in the process of this meta-analysis indicated that research subjects also demonstrated improvements in cognition, academic achievement, and/or brain functioning after sandplay therapy treatment (Foo et al, 2020;Foo & Pratiwi, 2021;Lee & Jang, 2013;Lee et al, 2018;Lee & Jang, 2015;Unnsteinsdo ´ttir, 2012). Cognitive and related dimensions might be addressed in further research.…”

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“…Research in sandplay therapy has historically focused on theoretical and qualitative explorations emphasizing case study and multiple case study designs. However, over the past 12 years, there has been a sharp increase in quantitative studies demonstrating the efficacy of sandplay therapy utilizing pre–post and quasi-experimental research designs, as well as a significant number of randomized controlled trials (RCT; Ahn et al, 2020; Roesler, 2019). With this growing body of research, there is a pressing need to examine the cumulative results of sandplay therapy through meta-analysis (Wiersma, 2019).…”

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A meta-analysis of sandplay therapy treatment outcomes.

Wiersma¹,

Freedle²,

McRoberts³

et al. 2022

International Journal of Play Therapy

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Sandplay therapy is a cross-cultural, psychodynamic, nondirective, multisensory psychotherapy method founded by Dora Kalff. Sandplay is used with children and adults with a range of mental health problems. Despite sandplay’s growing popularity, its empirical evidence base is less developed than more well-known therapies. This international study provides a meta-analysis of the available quantitative outcome studies in order to summarize the growing evidence base of sandplay. The meta-analysis specifically examined emotional and behavioral outcome measures of treatment with sandplay therapy. The initial search identified 1,715 potential records from over 16 countries. After screening, 40 studies from eight countries representing 1,284 participants met the inclusion criteria. Mean effect sizes were calculated using a random effects model with the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) program. The overall effect size was large (Hedges’ g = 1.10). Large effect sizes were maintained for internalizing, externalizing, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Improved effect sizes were associated with individual treatment over the group format. These results suggest that sandplay therapy is an effective treatment method for children and adults with a wide variety of mental health concerns. Limitations and suggestions for further research are discussed.

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“…Study subjects were confined to adults between the ages of 19 and 64. Children and adolescents, who were subjects of prior studies, and the elderly, who were not part of any study included in A Study on Research Trends in Sandplay Therapy in Korea (2009Korea ( -2018 by Ahn et al (2020), were excluded. The specified intervention method was sandplay therapy.…”

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A Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Sand Play Therapy in Adults

Koh¹,

Ha²

2022

JSST

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the total effect size of the domestic adult sandplay therapy, the effect size according to treatment variables such as the total number of sessions, the number of sessions per session, and the dependent variables such as psychological variable group, social variable group, and physiological variable group. To this end, 19 related academic journals and master's and doctorate thesis were selected from 2000 to 2020, and a total of 166 effect sizes were calculated. As a result of the study, the overall average effect size was.749, which was the medium effect size and was statistically significant. As a result of the analysis of the effects according to the treatment variables of the effect size per the total number of sessions was found to be most effective in the 12-session program, and the effect size in line with the number of sessions per week, was described as a medium effect size for both one session and two sessions, but the difference in the effect size was not statistically significant. In terms of the effect size for hours per session, 60 minutes was the most effective. As a result of analyzing the effect of the dependent variables, the effect size of the psychological variables was found to be the most effective. This study proved its effectiveness by conducting a meta-analysis study on sandplay therapy for adults in Korea, and it is meaningful that treatment variables and the dependent variables should be considered when constructing sandplay for adults It is also meaningful in that it provided practical data on the need and development of sandplay therapy to improve mental health and sociality, and physiological changes of adults at psychological counseling and treatment sites.

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A Study on Research Trends in Sandplay Therapy in Korea (2009-2018)

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Application of Sandplay Therapy in the Mental Health Education of Vocational College Students

Application of Sandplay Therapy in the Mental Health Education of Vocational College Students

A meta-analysis of sandplay therapy treatment outcomes.

A Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Sand Play Therapy in Adults

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