Changes in Verbalizations during Sandplay: An Empirical Study

This is a quantitative study of an 11‐year‐old boy diagnosed with major depression who in all but one session made a sandplay. A computerized system was used to analyse the written verbalizations on four dimensions of positive and negative: emotions, contracts (psychosocial agreements, relationships...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of analytical psychology 2020-06, Vol.65 (3), p.497-518
Hauptverfasser: Punnett, Audrey, Canfield, Merle
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Zusammenfassung:This is a quantitative study of an 11‐year‐old boy diagnosed with major depression who in all but one session made a sandplay. A computerized system was used to analyse the written verbalizations on four dimensions of positive and negative: emotions, contracts (psychosocial agreements, relationships, etc.), performance (behaviour) and rewards. It was hypothesized that the verbalizations made by the patient (recorded by the therapist) would become more positive and less negative during the course of therapy. The positive and negative values of the four dimensions were correlated with the session number. This was supported on two (performance & contract) of the four positive dimensions (statistically significant). The hypothesis that the negative dimensions would become less negative was supported on all four dimensions (statistically significant). Thus, six of the eight hypotheses were supported. This uninvestigated area of research illustrates verbal interactions between patient and therapist were an important aspect of sandplay therapy. Through reanalysing the sessions for quantitative content, written recording of direct quotes and observation of behaviour, data was entered into a valid and reliable coding system to quantitatively analyze the verbalizations. This analysis of verbalizations of the patient and observations made by the therapist indicates sandplay therapy is multifaceted. Il s’agit d’une étude quantitative d’un garçon de 11 ans avec une dépression sévère qui, dans toutes les séances à l’exception d’une, a fait un jeu de sable. Un système informatisé a été utilisé pour analyser les verbalisations écrites selon quatre dimensions de positif et négatif: les émotions, les contrats (les accords psychosociaux, les relations, etc.), la performance (le comportement) et les récompenses. L’hypothèse de départ est que les verbalisations faites par le patient (consignées par le thérapeute) deviendraient plus positives et moins négatives au fil de la thérapie. Les valeurs positives et négatives des quatre dimensions furent corrélées avec le numéro de la séance. L’hypothèse fut confirmée sur deux des quatre dimensions positives ‐ de manière statistiquement significative ‐ (la performance et le contrat). L’hypothèse que les dimensions négatives deviendraient moins négatives fut soutenue sur chacune des quatre dimensions. Ainsi, six des huit hypothèses ont été confirmées. Ce domaine peu étudié de la recherche illustre que les interactions verbales entre le
ISSN:0021-8774
1468-5922
DOI:10.1111/1468-5922.12597