Behavior and initial sandtray characters of children with oppositional defiant disorders / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To explore the behavior and initial sandtray characters of the children with oppositional defiant disorders (ODD) in order to provide psychological and behavioral intervention as early as possible.Methods The differences of the Conners parent symptom questionnaire (PSQ) and initial sandtrays between 24 children with ODD and 24 normal children were compared.Results PSQ indicated that children with ODD had higher scores of conduct proble((1.31 ± 0.53),(0.36 ± 0.31)),learning problem ((2.01 ± 0.66),(0.57 ±0.5)),hyperactivity-impulsion ((1.60 ± 0.77),(0.35 ± 0.41)),anxiety ((0.60 ± 0.50),(0.27 ± 0.25)) and hyperactivity index((1.12 ± 0.31),(0.78 ± 0.28)) than normal children.On the use of toys,the experimental group was significantly higher in armament and transports and lower in plants and stones(P＜0.05).On the theme of sandtrays,the ODD group was significantly higher in disorder,neglect,injury,threat and lower in integration and energy (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The results show that the children with ODD have more anxiety experience than normal children and this may be associated with oppositional conduct.Children with ODD use more aggressive toys and wounded themes,revealing their attack and conflict.Psychological intervention can be provided according to the characters of behavior scale and initial sandtray.

Characteristics in initial sandtray of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ObjectiveTo explore the particular inner world of the children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)with the sandplay therapy and the initial sandtray's clinical diagnosis role and value on the ADHD.MethodsThe differences of the initial sandtrays between 28 children with ADHD and 24 normal children were compared.Results 1.On the use of toys,the experimental group was significantly higher in transports ((5.04 ±6.60),(1.38 ±2.12),t=2.73) and lower in stones((0.00 ±0.00),(8.00 ± 12.33),t=-3.18).2.On the scene of sandtrays,the experimental group was significantly higher in the fight( x2 =12.96,P ＜ 0.01 ),dynamic scenes ( x2 =13.37,P ＜ 0.01 ).3.On the use of self-images,the experimental group was lower than the normal children,and the differences were significant ( x2 =4.75,P ＜ 0.05 ).4.There were no significant differences in the use of sand between two groups( x2 =3.46,P ＞ 0.05).ConclusionThe results show that the children with ADHD have significantly characteristics in sandtrays.Initial sandtray is valuable to be an aid to clinical diagnosis and intervention means.

Study on sandtray topic features for children with behavior problems based on the grounded theory method / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To analyze the sandtray topics of the children with behavior problems according to the grounded theory method.Methods Collected and described children' s sandtray topics of different types of behavior problems,age and gender.And analyzed them base on a 3 levels coding list compiling according to the ground theory method.Results The frequency of “negative theme” (3.33 ± 1.25 ) was higher than “positive theme” (0.81 ± 1.25 ) with significant difference (P＜0.01) in feature level 1.Age factor had significant effect upon the frequency of “positive theme” in feature level 1 (P ＜ 0.05 ).And also had impact on “harmony”,“ development” in features level 2 (F =3.039,P ＜ 0.05 ).Gender factor,interaction of gender and age had significant effects on frequency of “negative theme” in feature level 1 (F =5.395,P ＜ 0.05 ; F =4.222,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion The characteristics of the children' s sandtay with behavioral problems mainly are “negative theme”.And it shows different features in children with different gender or age.