Abstract
In the present article of the Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie, the expectations (self-assessed at the beginning of the treatment) and perception (self-assessed upon the conclusion of the treatment) of the psychotherapy process and outcome, psychotherapeutic factors and psychodrama specificities are presented and analysed in a psychodrama group for adult participants held in an outpatient psychiatric clinic. There were 12 male and 31 female participants, aged from 19 to 63 years, diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and borderline personality disorder or committed into the hospital after their first psychotic episode. Questionnaires were applied at the beginning of the treatment and at the end. Results showed that the participants’ expectations regarding the psychotherapy process and outcomes were quite high at the beginning of the treatment and rose significantly at the end. The same was true of the participants’ expectations and perception of the specificities of psychodrama—demonstrating the participants’ positive inclination towards this specific psychotherapeutic way of conducting psychodrama. Even though there were no age or gender differences, there were, differences between participants’ different diagnoses; there were significant differences in the expectations of both psychotherapy outcome and factors before treatment and perceptions of them after treatment.
Zusammenfassung
In dem vorliegenden Artikel der Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie werden Erwartungen und Wahrnehmungen des Psychotherapieprozesses und der Effekte sowie psychotherapeutische Faktoren und Psychodramaspezifitäten in der Psychodramagruppe für erwachsene Teilnehmer einer ambulanten psychiatrischen Klinik vorgestellt und analysiert. Es gab 12 männliche und 31 weibliche TeilnehmerInnen im Alter von 19 bis 63 Jahren, bei denen Angstzustände, Depressionen, Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörungen diagnostiziert wurden oder die nach ihrer ersten psychotischen Episode ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert wurden. Die Fragebögen wurden zu Beginn und am Ende der Behandlung angewendet. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Erwartungen der TeilnehmerInnen an dem Psychotherapieprozess und den Effekten zu Beginn der Behandlung recht hoch sind und am Ende sogar deutlich steigen. Gleiches gilt für die Erwartungen und Wahrnehmungen von Psychodramaspezifitäten durch die TeilnehmerInnen – möglicherweise zeigt dies die positive Neigung der TeilnehmerInnen zur spezifischen Art und Weise, einen psychotherapeutischen Prozess im Psychodrama durchzuführen. Obwohl es keine Alters- oder Geschlechtsunterschiede gibt, gab es zwischen TeilnehmerInnen mit unterschiedlichen Diagnosen signifikante Unterschiede in den Erwartungen an das Psychotherapieergebnis vor und nach der Behandlung sowie in der Erwartung hinsichtlich psychotherapeutischer Faktoren vor der Behandlung.
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Jendričko, T., Prosen, S. Expectations and perception of the psychotherapy process and outcome. Psychotherapeutic factors and the psychodrama specificities in psychodrama group participants at a psychiatric hospital. Z Psychodrama Soziom 19 (Suppl 1), 101–115 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11620-020-00565-x
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