The Effectiveness of Play Therapy on Anxiety, Depression, and Body Image of Children Admitted to the Cancer Hospital

Ahmadi, Zahra; Bazzazian, Saeideh

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Ahmadi Z, Bazzazian S. (2025). The Effectiveness of Play Therapy on Anxiety, Depression, and Body Image of Children Admitted to the Cancer Hospital. Rooyesh. 14(2), 93-102.
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The Effectiveness of Play Therapy on Anxiety, Depression, and Body Image of Children Admitted to the Cancer Hospital

Zahra Ahmadi¹

, Saeideh Bazzazian ^*²

1- Master of clinical psychology , Department of Psychology, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran.
2- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran. , bazzazian.saeideh@wtiau.ac.ir

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The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of play therapy on anxiety, depression, and body image in hospitalized children with cancer. The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a three-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study included children aged 7 to 10 years hospitalized in the cancer ward of Mofid Children's Hospital in Tehran in the fall of 2023, from which 30 people were selected by non-random sampling. The research instruments included the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMS) (Reynolds et al., 1978), Children and Adolescent Depression (CDS-A) (Long et al., 1978), and the Multidimensional Body-Self Relationships (MBSRQ) (Kesh, 1985). After that, the experimental group received play therapy intervention in 8 sessions of 45 minutes, twice a week. The research data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures. The results showed that in the anxiety variable, the difference between the pre-test and post-test stages (p<0.05, d=8.86) and the pre-test and follow-up (p<0.05, d=-6.34) was significant. In the depression variable, the difference between the pre-test and post-test stages (p<0.05, d=7.75) and the pre-test and follow-up (p<0.05, d=-5.06) was also reported to be significant; also, in the body image variable, the difference between the pre-test and post-test stages (p<0.05, d=-9.36) and the pre-test and follow-up (p<0.05, d=4.5934) was reported to be significant. Accordingly, it can be said that the use of play therapy can be effective in improving anxiety, depression, and body image in children with cancer hospitalized in the hospital.

Keywords: Body Image, Anxiety, Depression, Play Therapy.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Clinical Psychology
Received: 2024/10/26 | Accepted: 2025/01/1 | ePublished: 2025/04/30