This study takes the form of intervention research in which parental guidelines to enhance
emotional intelligence among children in middle childhood are developed from a Gestalt
perspective. The researcher makes use of Rothman and Thomas’ (1994) Design and
Development model and therefore follows phases of problem analysis and project planning,
information gathering and synthesis, design, and early development in order to facilitate the
research process. Guidelines deal with needs highlighted by parents (with children in middle
childhood) who participated in the empirical enquiry. The researcher draws upon literature
relating to emotional intelligence and parenting, Gestalt philosophy, and functional elements of
relevant, existing programmes in the pursuit of addressing identified concerns. Phases of
evaluation and advanced development, and dissemination are not addressed within the limited
scope of this project. The possibility of exploring these final two phases of the design and
development model therefore provides opportunity for future work. / Play Therapy / Thesis (M. Diac. (Play Therapy))
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/3462 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Eadie, Tessa Anne |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 152 p.) |
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