Abstract
Aggressive behavior in children has negative impacts on their social life. The various intervention programs were used to reduce aggressive behavior, one of them was by enhancing children's empathy. Group Play Therapy is used to enhance children's empathy ability so that their aggressiveness level can decrease. This study aimed to enhance empathy through Group Play Therapy in children who had aggressive behavior. Experimental research was used with pre-test and post-test design in two different groups, the experimental and control groups. The subjects were twenty school-aged children. The subject’s criteria for having a moderate-low level of empathy, also having moderate-high levels of aggressiveness. The instruments were The LA Aggression Scale for Elementary School and Upper Secondary School Students to measure the aggression levels with Cronbach’s Alpha value is 0,879. The instrument used to measure the children’s empathy was The Empathy Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (EmQue-CA) with Cronbach’s Alpha value is 0,828. The Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, and Kendall's Tau tests were used to analyze data. The results showed that Group Play Therapy can enhance children's empathy so that it can reduce aggressive behavior.
Highlights
Aggressive behavior in children has negative impacts on their social life
The results showed that Group Play Therapy can enhance children's empathy so that it can reduce aggressive behavior
An Investigation into the Effect of Group Play Therapy on Aggression Reduction in Male Preschool Students. 2(5), 78–87
Summary
Peneliti menganalisa hasil data yang diperoleh dari para subjek dengan menggunakan uji Wilcoxon. Pengujian tersebut dilakukan untuk membandingkan hasil antara pre-test dan posttest baik di kelompok eksperimen maupun kontrol. Pengujian lain dilakukan untuk membandingkan kelompok eksperimen dan kontrol. Penelitian ini dilakukan selama dua pekan dengan pertemuan sebanyak tujuh sesi terapi. Adapun karakteristik subjek disajikan di Tabel 1
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