اثر اسلوبي التخيل بالموسيقى والكرسي الفارغ في علاج الشخصية التشاؤمية : دراسة تجريبية
Author name:
مائدة مردان محيي الطعان
Supervisor name:
سعيد جاسم علي الاسدي
General topic:
Psychology
Specific topic:
Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance
Degree:
Doctorate
University:
University Of Basrah - Faculty Of Education
Language:
Arabic
University location:
Basrah
First pages:
04T1695 - p.pdf
Abstract:
Pessimism has been the nerve of creativity and its gleaming soul. It is the will of Life. Without evil, we cannot know the good and without ugliness we cannot know beauty , and without Pessimism we cannot embroider our life with the.optimis1n of a wonderful dream. Without pessimism, creative ·men and women cannot feel the pain, which is their only ·inner 1notif, from pains, they have built the colossal heritage in the fields of philosophy, arts and sciences. But today it has taken negative images expressing the inability of the individuals and their weakness to face the difficulties and challenges of life, the world of the weak has been colored with a very dark night and loss of willing ness to continue their lives. They look at life as meaning less and futile; so ·they have to put themselves to eternal rest. They take their lives in very tragic ways.OGioeti11os oJ tl!.o St14dy The present study aims at : 1. Building a measure for "pessimism - optimism" the purpose of which is to determine and measure the characteristics of pessimism and optimism possessed by the normal research sample and the clinical sample.2. Identifying the effect of "i1nagination - through - music" technique in the Therapy of a normal sample from among the pessimist female students of the Institute for Training Women Teachers.3. Identifying the effect of the ' empty chair' technique in the Therapy of a normal satnple. From among the pessimist female students of the Institute for training women teachers. Identifying the effect of "imagination - through - music" technique in the Therapy of a clinical sample of patients suffering from depression.5. Identifying the effect of "the empty chair" technique in the Therapy of a clinical sample. of patients suffering from depression.6. Identifying which of the two techniques (imaginationthrough - music) or (the empty chair) is more effective in the Therapy of the pessimist nonnal sample in accordance with the variable of type of Therapy (individual VS. group).7. Identifying which of the two techniques (imaginationthrough - music) and (empty chair) is more effective in the Therapy of the pessimistic character of a clinical sample of patients suffering from depression in accordance with the variable of sex (males vs. females).The researcher adopted (38 hypotheses) divided into two equal halves covering the two samples : the normal pessimist sample and the clinical sample. To verify these hypotheses the Researcher resorted to some instruments and techniques the validity and stability of which have been proved by various scientific means.These instruments and techniques were1. Building up a measure for "pessimism - optimism".2. Measure of "depression" derived from the Minnesota multi - dimension measure of personality (MMPI).3. Measure of Depression derived from Crown Chris' 1neasure which diagroses psychological disorders.4. Preparing a model for the case study.5. Qualitative methods for the application of (imaginationthrough - music) technique. Qualitative methods for the application of the (empty chair) technique.7. Testing of Musical Dream.Sa11tpOos ol t4o st1tdyThe samples of the study were divided into two parts : A. Sample of "building the measufe" which included the following : ' ·.............I. A normal sample from second - year student in the college of Education, University of Basrah for the academic year 1997 - 1998 and for the age group 19 - 23 years old.2. A sample from the staff members of the Central Library, University of Basrah and for the age group 25 - 45 years old.3. A sample of private "bread - winners"(kasaba) and housewives for the age group 30 - 48 years old. The normal samples were Chosen by Using the model of (class observation). 4. A sample of patients diagnosed clinically as being suffering from depression and who were outpatients in the Consulting Clinic and psychiatric wards in Basrah General Hospital for the years (1997 - 1998 - 1999) and for the age groups 18 - 50 years old. This sample was selected according to one type of probabilistic observation (age sample).B. An Experimental Sample which included the following : 1. A sample of female students from the fourth and fifth years in the Institute for Training Women Teachers in the Govern orate of Basrah for the Academic years 1998 - 1999 and for the age group 19 - 23 years old. The sample was selected throughr the use of the simple random - sample method in order to represent the normal pessimist sample of the experiment.2. A normal optimist sample was selected - through the use of the same method - from among the female students in the Institute for Training Women Teachers and from the staff members of the central Public Library, housewives and private "breadwinners"(Kasaba) to be an external Control group. 3. A clinical sample of patients suffering from depression (males and females) of the age group 18 - 30 years old was selected through deliberate observation.expoti11to1ttalJ 'Dosi91t Two experimental types of design were used in the experiment. The were : A. four experimental groups with one internal Control Group and one external control group for the normal sample.B. Four experimental groups with two internal control groups and one external control group for the clinical sample.App1Jieatio1t ol tao 6xpoti11to1tt Before starting the experiment, the researcher attempted to control the mediating variables, which might have a direct effect on the dependent variable in the experiment. The groups were made identical in their exposure to the nonexperimental variables. An identity comparison was made and no difference among the groups was detected. This means that the groups were drawn from the same communit The researcher then exposed the experimental groups anp the control groups to the pretest. The results indicated a hi~ degree of pessimism where as the members of the external control group demonstrated a high level of optimism. The experimental groups were divided according to the selected methods of the study. Some were treated by the u~ of "imagination - through - music ' technique and the other groups were treated by the use ofthe'e1npty - chair' technique.The Therapy was carried out in the following way : 1. The selected methods of the study were applied t~ the normal pessi1nist sample according to the variable of the type of Therapy (individual - group). 2. The same methods were applied to the clinical sample according to the variable of sex (malesfemales).The experiment took 12 weeks for the normal pessimist ·sample and 21 weeks for the clinical sample. The groups were then subjected to the posttest.Statistical! Tftarapy The data of the study were analysis, according to the correlation factors analysis and some marked and nonmarked tests.1i11di119s oj tfta Sti.dy The study : : t..!!i~£iat the following findings : 1. The tow techniques showed that they had great effectiveness in the Therapy of pessimism for the normal pessimist sample. The differences between the experimental groups and the internal control group were statistically significant. By comparing thefindings of the optimist normal in the external control group with the findings of the experimental groups, the differences were statistically significant. This mean~ that the pessimist normal did not reach the level of the optimist normal in the external control group although their level of pessimism was reduced. By comparing the findings of the experimental groups in the light of the variable of type of Therapy (individual - group) there were no differences worth - mentioning. This indicates the effectiveness of both techniques regardless of the type of Therapy employed. 2. The results of the 1nembers of the experiment groups for the clinical sample demon striated the same level of change. Through comparing the findings of the experimental groups with those of the control groups, the differences were statistically significant. Thisproves the effectiveness of both techniques in reducing the level of pessimism in the pessimist patient in the experimental groups. When comparing the findings of the same groups with those of the external control group, the differences were also statisticallysignificant. This means that the pessimist patients did not reach the level of the natural optimism of the normal although they could get over their pessimist reality.eo11ceusio11 Finally, we can summarize the whole thing by saying that this study achieved its objectives and has reached a general conclusion, viz."The two techniques of •imagination - through - music and the' empty chair 'have great effectiveness in the Therapy of pessimism of the nonnal and patients irrespective of the type of Therapy (individual - group or sex (male - female)" The researcher has also arrived at a number · of recommendations and suggestions derive from the findings of the study.
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