The statistics on physical child abuse are alarming.
It is estimated hundreds of thousands of children are physically abused children get a trouble not only in external bruises but also in psychological and behavioristic trauma.
Often the severe emo...
The statistics on physical child abuse are alarming.
It is estimated hundreds of thousands of children are physically abused children get a trouble not only in external bruises but also in psychological and behavioristic trauma.
Often the severe emotional damage to abused children may have trouble with physical closeness, touching, intimacy, and trust as adults.
So the purpose of this study is how the play therapy effect to problematic behaviors of physically abused children.
The specific research issues of the study are as follows;
1. Is play therapy can improve problematic behavior of physically abused child?
1) To find change of child behavior in the play therapy sessions by using valid study.
2) To indicate change of child behavior objectively by operating pre, after and later test.
2. Is play therapy can decrease induced factors of abuse?
1) To find the effect of child characteristics.
2) To find the effect of parents characteristics.
The result of this study shows play therapy is very effectable to improve problematic behavior of abused child.
The study shows decrease of problematic behaviors during play therapy sessions.
And it also proved by objective test (K-CBCL).
Finally I propose that, to prevent to adult translation, early recoguition and play therapy treatment is important for physically abused children to minimize the long term effect of physical abuse and become a healthy adult beings.