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Filial therapy for children's behavioral and emotional problems in mainland China
1University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. yg4@u.washington.edu
Topic:
Filial therapy as a therapeutic intervention to promote parent-child interaction and improve child's behavior across culture.
Purpose:
To review the state of the science of filial therapy and explore whether filial therapy would be an effective parenting program in China.
Sources:
Four research articles related to the impact of filial therapy, used with Chinese immigrants, Koreans, and Native Americans, were located in a search of nursing, medical, psychological, and social science literature.
Conclusions:
The findings indicated that filial therapy is a culturally sensitive and effective intervention. The overall limitations, some recommendations for future research, and the discussion of efficacy of filial therapy in China were provided.
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