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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 14(4) pp. 617-627, 1989
© 1989 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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The Psychosocial Impact of Play on Hospitalized Children1

William A. Rae2, Frances F. Worchel, Jan Upchurch, Jacqueline H. Sanner and Carol A. Daniel

Scott and White Clinic, Texas A & M University, Scott and White Clinic

2All correspondence should be sent to William A. Rae, Department of Psychiatry, Scott and White Clinic, Temple, Texas 76508.

Compared the effects of play on the psychosocial adjustment of 46 children hospitalized for acute illness, who were placed in one of four groups: therapeutic play, diversionary play, verbal support, and no treatment. Ratings of psychological adjustment included self-report, as well as nurse and parent ratings. Children in the therapeutic play condition evidenced a significant reduction in self-reported hospital fears. Parent ratings were not affected by therapeutic treatments; rather, parents in all four groups rated their children less anxious from pre- to posttesting. Results are discussed in terms of methodological considerations that have affected outcomes in this type of research.

Key words: play therapy; hospitalization; pediatric patients.


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