Change in body image among depressed adult outpatients after a dance movement therapy group treatment
| Autor: | Päivi Pylvänäinen, Raimo Lappalainen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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dance movement therapy 030506 rehabilitation mindfulness Dance body image media_common.quotation_subject Body awareness Health Professions (miscellaneous) Body memory Pleasure 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Sensation Depressive symptoms ta515 tanssiterapia ruumiinkuva attachment media_common Therapy group group therapy Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Embodied cognition ryhmäterapia depression 0305 other medical science Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Arts in Psychotherapy. 59:34-45 |
| ISSN: | 0197-4556 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.aip.2017.10.006 |
| Popis: | This study reports on the body image of depressed psychiatric outpatients, and the impact thereon of a dance movement therapy (DMT) group. Body image is perceived as a tri-partite construct consisting of image-properties, body-self, and body memory. Depressed patients in an outpatient mental health service participated in a DMT group treatment consisting of twelve 90-min long sessions in groups of 4–7 patients. Patients (N = 18) responded to a structured Body Image Assessment (BIA) before and after the treatment. Initially, the depressed patients’ body image was characterized by fragmentation, distortions, and shallowness of body awareness. The DMT group treatment aimed to offer the patients a safe space for exploring their embodied experiences in a validating social setting. This produced positive changes in the body image: finding a better sensation of one’s body, tolerating the sensations, settling in the body, finding pleasure and meaningfulness in the experiences. BIA scores indicated large effect sizes in the change between pre- and post-treatment assessments. Change for more positive body image during the treatment predicted fewer depressive symptoms at the follow-up measurement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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