The Effect of Sand Play therapy in Reducing Anxiety in Primary School Children by Using Observer Software

In this study, we examined the effect of sand play therapy in reducing anxiety in primary school girls by observer software. Using a quasi experimental design with experimental group, a sample consisting of 20 elementary school girls who had scored one standard deviation above the mean on spense anxiety questioner voluntarily participated in experimental program. The experimental group underwent 10 sessions of “sandplay therapy” as the independent factor. Data was analyzed with repeated measures analysis of variance (GLM). Finding and the results of the difference in anxiety scores in different sessions shows the effect of sandplay therapy on reducing the experimental group’s anxiety, and statistical results shows that the hypothesis at (p<0/01) is significant, and so sandplay therapy reduces female primary school students’s anxiety. Working with a sand tray will probably give the child the opportunity to discover her phobias in a safe environment, make them concrete by reproduction of the incidents, have more knowledge about them, and find some solutions to solve different problems.