The Efficacy of School Sandplay Group Counselling on the Attachment of Elementary School Students with Early Self-injury Behavior: A Preliminary Study

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of school sandplay group counselling on self-injury behavior and attachment to elementary school students showing early self-harm behavior. The study consisted of 22 students in the sixth grade of elementary school located in a small and medium-sized city with a population of 870,000, and group counselling for school sandplay was conducted once a week for a total of 8 times, 40 minutes. In order to verify the effectiveness of group counselling for school sandplay, self-harm function evaluation (FASM) and attachment (ECR-R) were conducted before and after, and significant changes were observed in self-harm behavior (t=-3.823, P=.001) and unstable attachment (t=-3.078, P=.006)