Effects of cognitive cehavioral play therapy techniques on low self-esteem among students

Abstract

This study aims to determined the effects of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) techniques on low self-esteem among UNIMAS Students. More specifically, this study identified the effects of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) techniques in experimental group at pretest and posttest on low self-esteem among UNIMAS students and to identified the effects of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) techniques in control group at pretest and posttest on low self-esteem among UNIMAS students. A case study design is distributed questionnaire called as Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and counselling sessions. Purposive sampling is used to get the most suitable respondents for this study. The findings of this study have revealed there were significant difference at pretest and posttest among respondents in experimental group and control group which were respondents in experimental group increased their level of self-esteem, while there were respondents decreased their level of self-esteem in control group. Counselling sessions utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) techniques have increased the level of self-esteem among UNIMAS students in experimental group who attended the group counselling sessions because they have low level of self-esteem. All the dialogues that been stated by the client in the counselling sessions about their self-esteem can be related to respondents’ personality, cognitive, behavior, emotions and actions. The findings of this study have implications towards University students and counsellor. As for the university students, they gained insight, understanding and knowledge the importance of having good level of self-esteem. For the counsellor, counsellor being helpful, trusted and skillful which after utilized the CBPT techniques, they gained new skills and knowledge on that particular therapy.

Understanding evidence-based treatment criterion through the evaluation of play therapy approaches.

“…Over the past few years, CBPT researchers have worked diligently to demonstrate evidence with the following studies: a case series (Fehr et al, 2016); a repeated-measures single group design (Mahmoudi-Gharaei et al, 2006); three nonrandomized control studies (Abdollahian et al, 2013;Aren & Duamit, 2020;Bana et al, 2017); and 11 randomized control studies: two with individual CBPT (Azizi et al, 2020;Rostami et al, 2017), eight with group CBPT (Atayi et al, 2018;Egbe et al, 2022;Jarareh et al, 2016;Kaduson & Finnerty, 1995;Obiweluozo et al, 2021;Rezaeerezvan et al, 2022;Shen, 2007;Zamani et al, 2020), and one that does not specify intervention type (Sayafan et al, 2021). Based on the combined criteria from each clearinghouse (see Table 4), CBPT does not meet the initial criteria for EBTs due to the absence of an established treatment manual that is consistent across studies.…”

Increasing self-esteem of high school students through narrative counseling

“…Group counseling services are believed capable of increasing adolescent self-esteem (Yunita, 2020). Other researches included group counseling using assertive training techniques (Rusmana et al, 2020); cognitive behavioral play therapy (Aren & Duamit, 2020); cognitive behavioral therapy (Mahardika, 2023) in increasing individuals' self-esteem.…”