The purpose of this study is to understand the relation between the countertransference management ability and ego-resiliency of playtherapist, the relation between the countertransference management ability and the stress coping style of playtherap...
The purpose of this study is to understand the relation between the countertransference management ability and ego-resiliency of playtherapist, the relation between the countertransference management ability and the stress coping style of playtherapist, and the interaction effect between the ego-resiliency and the stress coping style of playtherapist.
The subject of this study was 135 playtherapists who were working at the child counseling centers, the playtherapy clinics in child psychiatry hospitals, the counseling clinics in the social welfare centers, the playtherapy clinics attached to the universities, and the research institutes.
The tools for this study were the CFI (Countertransference Factors Inventory) developed by Van Wagnor, Gelso, Hayes, and Diemer (1991). To measure the ego-resiliency of the playtherapists, the Ego-Resilience Inventory (Klohnen, 1996) was used. The Ways of Coping Checklist (Folkman, Lazarus, 1985) was also used to measure the stress coping style of the playtherapists.
The collected data was analyzed by the statistical program SAS (Statistical Analysis System). The frequency and percentage were calculated to investigate the general characteristics of the subject.
Factor analysis and Cronbach's α were calculated to investigate validity and reliability of the measuring instruments. For each research question, two-way ANOVA and regression analysis were used.
The result of this study is as follows;
First, it has been shown that the confidence of the playtherapist affects all the subfactors of countertransference management ability. That is to say, the more self-receptive and self-convinced the therapists are, the better countertransference management ability they show.
It has also been shown that the interpersonal relations efficiency affects the anxiety management ability. The playtherapists who have flexibility, warmth, and insight manage their anxiety better than others who does not have.
Second, it has been shown that the problem-focused coping of the playtherapist affects all the subfactors of countertransference management ability. In other words the playtherapists those who either make the stress inducing situation or try to change the environment positively score high in the countertransference management ability.
This study has also shown that the emotion-focused coping affects only the self-integration. That is, the less efforts the therapists make to control the feeling states connected with stress, the psychologically healthier self-identity they have.
Also, it has been shown that the social support seeking coping affects the self-insight, the empathy ability, the self-integration, the conceptualizing skill. The less social support the therapists pursue, the high score they get in the self-insight, the empathy ability, the self-integration, the conceptualizing skill.
Third, this study has shown the interaction effect between the ego-resiliency and the stress coping style which influenced the countertransference management ability of the playtherapist. There was an interaction effect between the interpersonal relations efficiency and the wishful-thinking coping that influenced the self-insight. There also was an interaction effect between the interpersonal relations efficiency and the social support seeking coping that influenced the self-insight and the conceptualizing skill. In addition to that this study have found interaction effects between the below areas: between the confidence and the social support seeking coping that influenced the empathy ability and the conceptualizing skill, between the optimistic attitude and the wishful-thinking coping that influenced the empathy ability, the self-integration, and the conceptualizing skill, and between the confidence and the wishful-thinking coping that influenced the conceptualizing skill.