The Improvement of Group Music-Sandplay Therapy on Depression in College Students: The Moderating Effect of Personality Traits

Abstract

This study combined music therapy and sandplay therapy to propose an integrated group music-sandplay therapy, and verified that it has significant advantages compared with conventional group music therapy and group sandplay therapy in improving the depression state of college students. This study also found that the personality traits of openness and extroversion in the Big Five personality theory had a significant impact on the therapeutic effect of the three types of therapy, and played a moderating effect between the treatment method and the therapeutic effect.