The efficacy of cognitive–behavioural play therapy and puppet play therapy on bilingual children’s expressive, receptive language disorders

ABSTRACT

The present study examines the effectiveness of play therapy (based on the cognitive–behavioural approach) and puppet play therapy in expressive\ receptive language disorders of the studied population. Here, we imported 45 female bilingual preschool children to our research. Their expressive\ receptive language disorders have been approved previously based on our criteria and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups.

In the pre-test stages, all participants completed The language development test (TOLD3) to evaluate expressive\ receptive language disorders. During the intervention, the experimental groups received the educational play therapy programme and puppet play therapy, while the control group did not receive any intervention. After the intervention, all groups were examined again in the post-test stages.

Our findings demonstrated that cognitive–behavioural play therapy is more significantly effective than puppet play therapy in improving expressive \ receptive language disorders.

KEYWORDS:

• Expressive\receptive language disorders
• puppet play therapy
• play therapy
• cognitive–behavioural approach

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Data availability statement

The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by Birjand University of Medical Sciences: [Grant Number IR.BUMS.REC.1399.427].

Notes on contributors

Shahrzad Rezaee Rezvan

Shahrzad Rezaee Rezvan is a Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.

Mahdieh Rezaee Rezvan

Mahdieh Rezaee Rezvan is a Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.

Seyedeh Nastaran Asad zadeh

Seyedeh Nastaran Asad zadeh is a Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.

Seyed Saeed Torabi

Seyed Saeed Torabi is a Ph.D. in Educational psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

Moslem Taheri Soodejani

Moslem Taheri Soodejani is a Center for Healthcare Data Modeling, Departments of biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of public health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

Hamed Ghasemzadeh-moghaddam

Hamed Ghasemzadeh-moghaddam is a Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.

Mehri Firozeh

Mehri Firozeh is a Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Islamic Azad University‚ Bojnourd Branch, North Khorasan, Iran.

Atefe sajedi

Atefe sajedi is a Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.

Faezeh Rohani

Faezeh Rohani is a Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.

Nima Firouzeh

Nima Firouzeh is a Vector-Borne Disease Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.