The Effects of Group Sandplay Therapy on Anger Control and Interpersonal Relationship Problems among University Students

An, Eun Sun; Hwang, Hwa Ran; Park, Youn Soo

doi:2019.10.1.105

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

JSST. 2019;10(1): 105-127. doi: https://doi.org/10.12964/jsst.19005

The Effects of Group Sandplay Therapy on Anger Control and Interpersonal Relationship Problems among University Students

Eun Sun An¹, Hwa Ran Hwang², and Youn Soo Park³

¹Main author, doctoral course, Department of Child Welfare, Graduate School of Namseoul Universit
²Corresponding author, doctoral course, Department of Child Welfare, Graduate School of Namseoul University
³Co-author, doctoral course, Department of Child Welfare, Graduate School of Namseoul University

Corresponding Author: Hwa Ran Hwang ,Email: hhr4908@hanmail.net

Received: April 30, 2019; Revised: June 13, 2019 Accepted: June 17, 2019. Published online: June 30, 2019.

ABSTRACT

This study analyzes the effects of group sandplay therapy on anger control and interpersonal relationship problems among university students. The subjects were 24 students from 1st to 4th grades at N University in Chungcheongnam-do. To determine the effectiveness of the group sandplay program, we subsequently conducted a one-way ANCOVA with SPSS 25 for both the experimental and control groups. We found the program to have significant positive effects on anger control and interpersonal problem improvement in the experimental group compared to the control group. The results lead us to conclude that group sandplay therapy is conducive to controlling the emotions and improving interpersonal relationships among university students.

Keywords: group sandplay therapy | anger control | interpersonal relationship problems | university students