Analysis of the characteristics in initial sandplay of the children rejected by peers

Objective To explore the characteristics of children rejected by peers in the initial sandplay,and to provide a reference for improving the theory of sandplay therapy and its practical application.Methods Peer nomination questionnaire was used to choose 18 children rejected by peers as the experimental group,and other 18 children accepted by peers were identified as the control group.All the 36 children participated in the sandplay experiment.Their sandplay works were encoded by using the sandplay code tables,and analyzed by t test,Chi-square test and Logistic regression analysis.Results On the use of toys,compared with the control group,the experimental group had lower usage frequency of plants and daily necessities,but had a higher usage frequency of vehicle;on the type of the scene,the experimental group was significantly lower in the family scenes,and higher in the war scenes than control group;on the two kinds of the theme,the experimental group was significantly higher in themes of wounding,and lower in themes of healing than control group(P<0.05).In addition,the differences in the scores of wounding theme and healing theme in the experimental group were of no statistical significance(t =0.21,P>0.05),but in the control group,the works of healing theme was significantly more than those of wounding theme(t=4.92,P<0.01).Compared with the control group,the theme of sandplay in the experimental group can mainly found on the theme of aggression,threat,blocked and hidden,but less found on the theme of energy(x2 =8.00,4.50,4.50,4.43,7.20,P<0.05).Logistic regression analysis on the theme of sandplay showed that aggression was the risk factors of peer rejection(OR=40,P<0.01).Conclusion The results indicate that the initial sandplay in children rejected by peers would show significant characteristics on the use of toys,the scene and the theme.Sandplay may be a valuable tool for the clinical assessment of children rejected by peers.