Naslov
The Influence of Integrative Gestalt Therapy on the Acquisition of Daily Life Skills and Habits

Autori
Žic, Anamarija ; Nikolić, Branko ; Igrić, Ljiljana

Izvornik
Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja (1331-3010) 33 (1997), 2; 143-152

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
children ; intellectual disability ; social competence ; group therapy ; Integrative Gestalt Therapy

Sažetak
The efficiency of Integrative Gestalt Therapy on the decrease of undesired types of behaviour measured by the AAMD scale (Part two) in children with intellectual disabilities has been demonstrated in the authors’ earlier works. The object of this work is to state the effects of the same therapeutic method on the intellectual aspects of social competence in the children with difficulties, as measured by the AAMD scale (Part one). Integrative Gestalt Therapy emphasises the wholeness of a person’s body, intellect and soul in the social and ecological environment to which the person is undividedly linked. It is a multidimensional and multimodal method, a method that causes changes on different levels, changes of physical, social-interactive and cognitive structure. Integrative Gestalt Therapy has been applied as a group therapy during a period of one year on 13 children with intellectual disabilities, aged between 7-11 years. The participants have been chosen primarily for their record in psycho-logical problems and undesired behaviour. As the samples in question were dependent on the analysis of change of a sample of participants described by a set of quantitative variables in the initial and final state, a component model was applied. Results show statistically signifi-cant progress in the intellectual aspects of social intelligence.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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