Effect of psychodrama intervention on coping style of young offenders
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2012.12.022
- VernacularTitle:心理剧干预对犯罪青少年应对方式的影响
- Author:
Yanli HE
;
Shanming ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Psychodrama Intervention;
Young offenders;
Coping style
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2012;(12):1119-1121
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore effective coping style of targeted psychodrama on teenager offenders.Methods Targeted psychodrama intervention procedures were designed.60 teenagers selected from juvenile detention jail were randomly divided into experimental group and control group.Psychodrama intervention was applied to the experimental group to test the changes of the two groups before and after the intervention using simplified coping style questionnaire.Results Before the intervention,the positive coping style level of the experimental group was 1.40 ± 0.42,the negative coping style level was 2.19 ± 0.32; after the intervention,the positive coping style level of the experimental group was 2.13 ± 0.36,the negative coping style level was 1.77 ±0.30.The difference of the experimental group's positive response and the negative response were significant before and after the intervention(t =-6.223,P< 0.01; t =9.749,P<0.01).The difference of the control group's positive response and the negative response were not significant (P > 0.05).Conclusion Psychodrama intervention has a positive effect on the criminal teenagers coping styles,and it can improve their social adaptability.