Godly Play: An Intervention for Improving Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Responses of Chronically Ill Hospitalized Children

An experimental two-group comparison pilot study of forty chronically ill hospitalized children was carried out at Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Three Godly Play interventions were given to participants in the experimental group. Children in the control group did not par...

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Authors: Farrell, Joan (Author) ; Cope, Scott Brooks (Author) ; Cooper, James H. (Author) ; Mathias, Leigh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2008
In: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Year: 2008, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 261-271
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Summary:An experimental two-group comparison pilot study of forty chronically ill hospitalized children was carried out at Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Three Godly Play interventions were given to participants in the experimental group. Children in the control group did not participate but received a fairy tale book as a control. The sample was evenly distributed with twenty (20) males and twenty (20) females. Ages ranged from six (6) to fifteen (15) years and all participants were chronically ill. Five (5) variables were studied. Of the five (5), three (3) showed significant differences before and after Godly Play: the Staic-Trait Anxiety Scale (p=.049), the Children's Depression Inventory (p=.011), and the McBride Spirituality Assessment (p=.033). A marginal difference in parent satisfaction with hospital care of children in the experimental and control groups was also determined (p=.058). Findings suggest that Godly Play had a significant effect on anxiety, depression, and spirituality of children and support the idea that the parents of children who participated in Godly Play were more satisfied with hospital care than those parents whose children did not engage in Godly Play.
ISSN:2167-776X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/154230500806200307