Interpersonal assessment of play therapy outcome.

The Effects of Child-Centered Group Play Sessions on Social-Emotional Growth of Three- to Six-Year-Old Bilingual Puerto Rican Children

“…The results of the study supported those of Seeman, Barry and Ellinwood (1964) who found that play therapy affects the manifestations of children's levels of self-control and aggressive behavior. The present study also supported the later study by Reif and Stollak (1972) in which children who received play therapy increased in their fantasy play levels.…”

“…The child-centered researchers were considerably more active when the approach was first introduced than they have been in recent years (Guerney, 1983). Nonetheless, within the past 22 years several researchers (for example, ·Seeman, Barry & Ellinwood, 1964;Heif & Stollak, 1972; the West German researchers Schmidtchin & Hobrucker, 1978;Fleming & Snyder, 1981;and Guemey, 1983) have explored the hypothesized, facilitative effects of play therapy with individuals as This investigation was supported by University of Kansas General Research Allocation #t3422-XX-0038. 93 well as groups of young children on peer acceptance levels, school adjustment/aggression control and fantasy themes in free play.…”

Play Therapy, Social Adjustment and Reading Attainment

“…Dorfman, 1958;Fleming and Snyder, 1947). The different results produced by different measures can be seen in the experiment by Seeman, Barry and Ellinwood (1964), where there were significant differences between treated and untreated groups in a personality test, but no differences in teacher ratings. It may well be in some studies that the tests used or the rating criteria employed are too crude in discrimination or too invalid to measure changes in social adjustment.…”

“…Unfortunately, the frequency and duration of treatment for the treated group, and the timing of follow-up for the control group were not reported. Seeman, Barry and Ellinwood (1964) administered the Tuddenham Rep Test to 150 children aged eight to nine years in an upper middle class school. The teachers completed a teacher rating scale for each child.…”

Client-Centered Group Therapy Compared with Behavior Modification in Changing Inappropriate Behavior of Elementary School Children

“…In a study by Seeman et al (1964), significant improvement for a therapy group demonstrated by the Tuddenham Reputation Test did not show up until a follow-up test 12 months after the post test and 19 months after the pretest.…”