EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON GROUP SANDPLAY INTERVENTION FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY AND LONELINESS IN OBESE CHILDREN / ESTUDIO EXPERIMENTAL DE UNA INTERVENCIÓN DE TERAPIA DE ARENA GRUPAL PARA ANSIEDAD SOCIAL Y SOLEDAD CON NIÑOS OBESOS

Intervention effect of groups and play on social anxiety and loneliness in obese children was explored in this study. 120 children who met the diagnostic criteria for obesity from four primary schools in China, participated in an eight-week experiment. The 60 obese children of the experiment group u...

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Published in:Revista argentina de clínica psicológica 2019-01, Vol.XXVIII (I), p.105
Main Authors: Peng, Sanying, Qu, Wangbin, Dai, Qiong, Yuan, Fang
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
Anxiety
Anxiety disorders
Body mass index
Childhood obesity
Control groups
Elementary schools
Experiments
Group therapy
Intervention
Loneliness
Mental depression
Social anxiety
Walking
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Summary:Intervention effect of groups and play on social anxiety and loneliness in obese children was explored in this study. 120 children who met the diagnostic criteria for obesity from four primary schools in China, participated in an eight-week experiment. The 60 obese children of the experiment group underwent group sandplay and walking and running intervention, whereas the 60 children of the control group underwent walking and running intervention. Comparative tests performed before and after the intervention showed the following results: (1) The body mass index (BMI) and loneliness of the two groups are statistically significantly lower than they were before the intervention (P
ISSN:0327-6716
1851-7951
DOI:10.24205/03276716.2019.1093