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21	Boys' experience of an absent father: a gestalt therapeutic description Patrick, Louise Copeland 31 March 2006 (has links) Summary With the rise of the divorce rate and the decline of the nuclear family, boys are more frequently being deprived of a father-presence in their homes. The aim of this study was to qualitatively explore and describe boys' experiences of their relationships with their absent fathers. Three boys from different racial and cultural groups were chosen as case studies and worked with from a Gestalt Play Therapy Perspective. Data was gathered from the therapeutic sessions, as well as from semi structured interviews with the childcare workers of the boys. The findings of the study appear to concur with existing literature, namely that boys with absent fathers experience difficulties in the areas of emotional, social, cognitive and moral development. Recommendations are made as to how boys with absent fathers may best be supported. Opsomming Met die toename in egskeidings en die afname van nukleêre gesinne, word daar gevind dat seuns meer dikwels die teenwoordigheid van die vader in die huis ontneem word. Die doel van hierdie studie is `n kwalitatiewe ondersoek en beskrywing van seuns se ervaring van hulle verhouding met hulle afwesige vaders. Drie seuns van erskillende rasse- en kulturele groepe is gekies vir die gevallestudies en vanuit `n Gestalt Spelterapeutiese perspektief is met hulle gewerk. Data is versamel vanuit die terapeutiese sessies sowel as vanuit semigestruktureerde onderhoude met die seuns se kinderoppassers. Die bevindinge van die studie blyk ooreen te stem met bestaande literatuur, naamlik dat seuns met afwesige vaders probleme ondervind ten opsigte van emosionele, sosiale, kognitiewe en morele ontwikkeling. Aanbevelings word gemaak oor hoe om dié seuns ten beste te ondersteun. / SOCIAL WORK / MDIAC (PLAY THERAPY) Divorce absent father emotional experience boys middle childhood Gestalt Play Therapy emotional development social development cognitive development moral development Egskeiding afwesige vader emosionele ervaring. Seuns middel-kinderjare Gestaltspelterapie emosionele emosionele ervaring. Seuns middel-kinderjare Gestaltspelterapie emosionele ontwikkeling sosiale ontwikkeling kognitiewe ontwikkeling morele ontwikkeling 306.87420968 Father and child--South Africa Gestalt therapy --South Africa Adolescent psychiatry--South Africa Child development--South Africa Child psychology--South Africa Fathers and sons--South Africa Fatherless families--South Africa Play therapy--South Africa

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Boys' experience of an absent father: a gestalt therapeutic description