Using Drama Therapy to Enhance Maternal Insightfulness and Reduce Children's Behavior Problems.

ABSTRACT: Maternal insightfulness or the capacity to see things from the child's point of view, is considered to be a crucial construct for therapeutic change. In the present study, we aimed to implement the knowledge gleaned from the studies on attachment theory and maternal insightfulness into clinical practice to create an intervention program for mothers of children-at-risk due to inadequate parental care. We used drama therapy to "practice" maternal insightfulness in more "experiential" ways, because the use of creative expressive means may be accessible and effective for the target population of the study and help improve maternal care. We used a manualized 10-week drama therapy-group intervention, focusing on the core concepts of maternal insightfulness: insightfulness, separateness, complexi

SUBMITTER: Feniger-Schaal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854457 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature