School Play Therapy Videos for Controlling Aggressive Behavior of Students at Secondary School Level

Abstract

The focus of the study was to analyze the aggressive behavior among students and try to control it with the help of therapeutic techniques. The purpose of this study was to apply the play therapy videos for controlling the aggressive behavior of students at secondary school level. The study was conducted on boys in 10th grade. The anger management videos, drawing play therapy, and clay play therapy were applied to control their anger and aggressive behavior. It was an experimental research conducted for six weeks having 25 sample size. ‘Aggression-problem behavior frequency’ scale was used to measure the level of aggression among students. Only students with high aggression level were selected as sample of the study. The difference between the aggressive behavior of experimental group students was calculated through paired sample t-tests. The significant values of t-tests (0.000) indicated that with the application of therapeutic videos in six different sessions helped students to control aggressive behavior. The study concluded that the play therapy helped to control the aggressive behavior of the students. It is recommended that teachers should apply the play therapies in order to minimize the aggressive behavior problems among students.