South African society is exposed to the reality of violence and crime, and at the same time HIV / AIDS is claiming the lives of many parents. Consequently schools throughout the country have an increasing number of bereaved adolescents among their learners. The effects of parental death during the adolescent years make severe inroads into the cognitive, psychosocial and moral development of adolescents. These detrimental effects of parental death motivated the researcher to investigate the effects of teacher- facilitated group work on bereaved adolescents. A mixed (qualitative and quantitative) research method was used to investigate the said effects. Accordingly a questionnaire was designed using the Likert rating scale. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used as quantitative data collection tools for this study. The data from the BDI and BAI were tabulated. Structured interviews, games, personal documents and focus group interviews were used as qualitative data collection tools. The data were analysed and reduced and prominent themes emerging from data sources were identified and discussed. While bereavement is a very traumatic event for the adolescent, the study findings illustrate that teacher-facilitated group work provides members with various benefits which help them learn more about themselves and improve their interpersonal relationships, thus providing a supportive climate in which they could deal collaboratively with their bereavement. The findings also point out that group work provides the bereaved adolescents with a place where they are understood, where they can talk about their thoughts and feelings without being judged. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-06-06T12:05:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Aghata Pandolfi.pdf: 1636687 bytes, checksum: 093e995d9196ae2cc2043d1e0c90fd1f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-06T12:05:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aghata Pandolfi.pdf: 1636687 bytes, checksum: 093e995d9196ae2cc2043d1e0c90fd1f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-06 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Bioenergetic Body Therapy, created by Lowen and Pierrakos, has been used since the 1950s to help people express pain, traumatic experience, emotional conflict and pleasure. It defends the idea that the human being is not only their body but also their thoughts, emotions, sensations and actions. This research is a study of mixed methods, making use of a research approach that associates the quantitative and qualitative forms with multiple case studies, in the light of Bowlby's Attachment Theory and Bioenergetic Analysis that descends from the discoveries and theories of Wilhelm Reich and Freud's Psychoanalysis. The objective of this research, therefore, is to investigate the effects of the psychotherapeutic action obtained by means of the Bioenergetic Analysis with bereaved people; to analyze the results of the psychotherapeutic action, considering the factors of protection and the factors of risk present in the grieving process. The participants were eight adults of varying ages who were in bereavement for having lost their beloved ones due to various causes. The participants were divided into two groups: Experimental Group – EG, which took part of 14 sessions of psychotherapy for six months, and the Control Group – CG, which remained on the waitlist for six months. The research instruments employed were: clinical interview (before and after the interventions), the Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist measuring instrument – HGRC (before and after the interventions), exercises and body experiences. Case studies were carried out, articulating the data observed during the body work to the results obtained through the HGRC and the interviews. The results of the Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist measuring instrument – HGRC showed statistically significant improvements in the EG in the six subscales: despair, panic, personal growth, guilt and anger, detachment and disorganization. The CG showed improvements only in personal growth. The results indicate that the effects of the psychotherapeutic action obtained through Bioenergetic Analysis favored the participants of this research in their grieving process / A Terapia Corporal Bioenergética, criada por Lowen e Pierrakos, tem sido utilizada desde os anos 1950 com o intuito de ajudar as pessoas a expressarem dor, experiência traumática, conflitos emocionais e prazer. Defende a ideia de que o ser humano é seu corpo como também seus pensamentos, emoções, sensações e ações. A presente pesquisa é um estudo de métodos mistos, fazendo uso de uma abordagem de investigação que associa as formas quantitativa e qualitativa, com estudos de casos múltiplos, à luz da Teoria do Apego de Bowlby e da Análise Bioenergética que descende das descobertas e teorias de Wilhelm Reich e da Psicanálise de Freud. O objetivo desta pesquisa, portanto, consiste em investigar os efeitos da ação psicoterapêutica obtidas por meio da Análise Bioenergética com pessoas enlutadas; analisar os resultados da ação psicoterapêutica, considerando os fatores de proteção e os fatores de risco presentes no processo de luto. Os participantes foram oito pessoas adultas enlutadas com idades variadas que tinham perdido entes queridos por causas diversas. Foram divididos em dois grupos: Grupo Experimental – GE, que recebeu 14 sessões de psicoterapia durante seis meses e o Grupo Controle – GC, que ficou em lista de espera durante seis meses. Os instrumentos de investigação utilizados foram: entrevista clínica (antes e após das intervenções), instrumento de mensuração Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist – HGRC (antes e após das intervenções), exercícios e vivências corporais. Foram realizados estudos de caso, articulando o observado no trabalho corporal aos resultados obtidos no HGRC e na entrevista. Os resultados do instrumento de mensuração Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist – HGRC apresentaram melhoras estatisticamente significativas no GE nas seis subescalas: desespero, pânico, crescimento pessoal, culpa e raiva, desapego e desorganização. O GC apresentou melhoras apenas no crescimento pessoal. Os resultados indicam que os efeitos da ação psicoterapêutica obtidos por meio da Análise Bioenergética favoreceram os participantes desta pesquisa no seu processo de luto

This dissertation is an exploration of the putative mediators of complicated grief treatment (CGT) in an effort to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms by which the treatment exerts its effects. This three-paper dissertation utilizes data from an NIMH-funded randomized controlled trial of CGT (Shear et al., 2005), which showed that CGT is more effective than Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) in reducing symptoms of complicated grief (CG). The first paper examines a broad range of ancillary outcomes including symptoms of anxiety, depression, complicated grief and sleep disturbance due to bad dreams. Antidepressant use is examined as a possible moderator since half the sample was taking antidepressants and those taking antidepressants had a marginally better response rate in CGT than those not taking them (59% vs. 42% in CGT and 40% vs. 19% in IPT). CGT was more effective than IPT in reducing cognitive symptoms of anxiety, depression as measured by the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), somatic symptoms of depression, guilt/self-blame, negative thoughts about the future, avoidance and poor sleep due to bad dreams. The difference in treatment effect on the HRSD for CGT over IPT was more pronounced for participants not taking antidepressants where CGT reduced depression but IPT did not. Paper two examines possible mediators specific to the model of CGT including: guilt/self-blame specific to the death or deceased; negative thoughts about the future; avoidance of reminders of the loss; anxiety and depression (intense negative emotions). Antidepressants are also examined as a potential moderator to explore whether their use affects the mediating role of the identified variables. All of these variables emerged as either full or partial mediators of CGT. Antidepressant use had no effect on the mediating role of these variables. Paper three examines whether alliance (measured at week 4) predicts subsequent change in grief symptoms (controlling for early symptom change) and if so, whether it accounts for the difference in treatment effect between CGT and IPT (mediation). Working alliance emerged as a mediator of CGT, accounting for 28% of the treatment effect found between CGT/IPT and grief symptoms. Discussion sections for each paper summarize study findings, limitations and implications for future research.

Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2003. / "The Grief Recovery© Program is an educational and counseling program designed by the Grief Recovery Institute"--Abstract; accessible on the Internet: http://www.grief-recovery.com. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-72).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Covenant Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-175).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 2006. / Adviser: Nicholas Mazza. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MA (Social Work and Criminology))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 2006. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-41).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 2006. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-41).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2006. / Thesis directed by Lynette P. Spillman for the Department of Sociology. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-197).