심리극 치료효과에 대한 연구

The Therapeutic Effects of Psychodrama

This study was carried out to attempt a positive introduction o f psychodrama to therapy. The subjects were 6 patients who had attended at 12 psychodrama sessions in Ewha Medical College Hospital, Department of Neuropsychiatry from Dec. 1980 to Feb. 1981. The instruments used was Self Actualization Test (SAT) as a pretreatment and posttreatment measure. As subjective test, assessments of therapist and patients himself on clinical scales were used. The main findings of the study were as follows； 1. Changes from pretreatment to postreatment were all in the positive direction in the experimental group except for only one scale, Self regarding (Sr), showing rem arkable improvements especially in scales of Time competence (Tc) and Self acceptance (Sa). 2. In each experimental case, changes between pre and post treatment were as follow s; case 1-A ll scales were changed in the positive direction. case 2-M eans were increased. Seven of Self actualization scales were increased except Existentiality (Ex), Feeling reactivity (Fr), Nature of man (Nc). Especially Time competence (Tc), Self acceptance (Sa) and Spontaneity (S) value scales were increased, case 3-Means were decreased. Two of Self actualization scales were increased; Self acceptance (Sa), Nature of man (Nc), especially Self acceptance (Sa). case 4-Means were increased. Especially Feeling reactivity (Fr) and Self acceptance (Sa) scales were increased. case 5-Means were increased. Five of Self actualization scales were increased, especially Spontaneity (S), Self regard (Sr), and Feeling reactivity (Fr), but Time competence (Tc) scales showed excessively high profile. case 6-Means were decreased. Four of Self actu-alization scales were increased; especially Time competence (Tc), Self actualizing value (Sav), Feeling reactivity (Fr), Nature of man (N c ), 3. Therapist’s clinical assessments; There were improvements especially in emotional expression, interpersonal relationship, social functioning. Insight scales and spontaneity were also improved. 4. Assessments of patient himself; They responded positively with emotional, expression, self acceptance, social functioning, spontaneity scales and especially with insight scales. 5. Assessments about interaction of therapeutic effects and role distribution; Role of protagonist was usually assigned ta-1 or 2 patients for one session. Rates of participation in protagonist and auxiliary egoroles were related to therapeutic effects, though not proportionally..