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<Articles JournalTitle="Auditory and Vestibular Research">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Auditory and Vestibular Research</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2423-480X</Issn>
      <Volume>32</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>25</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Effect of Sand Play Therapy on Aggression and Emotional Adjustment of Children with Hearing Impairment</title>
    <FirstPage>198</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>203</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohsen</FirstName>
        <LastName>Saeidmanesh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Psychology, Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farangis</FirstName>
        <LastName>Demehri</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Psychology, Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zohreh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Alipour Esmaeili Anari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Psychology, Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>05</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background and Aim: Sand Play Therapy (SPT) is a psychotherapy and nonverbal method used for people with trauma, disabilities, and distress. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of SPT on aggression and emotional adjustment of children with a hearing impairment aged 5&#x2013;7 years.
 Methods: In this quasi-experiment study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group, 30 children aged 5&#x2013;7 years with hearing impairment participated. They were randomly assigned into two groups: control and experimental. The research instruments were Sinha and Singh adjustment questionnaire and the Shahim aggression questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis.
 Results: There were statistically significant differences (score decrease) between the two study groups after the SPT in terms of aggression (p&lt;0.05) and the emotional adjustment of children (p&lt;0.05).
 Conclusion: The results showed that SPT could decrease aggression and improve emotional adjustment in children with hearing loss. This method can be used to rehabilitate these children.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/1096</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
